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Is it me, or does the Seamew apart from having a less than stellar name to inspire its crews and the naval erks, look like a 'floated' Helldiver powered by an licence built Argus inverted V12 - did the US trade the Hamilton Prop licence for an Argus one with Germany prior to the 41 DoW?
The Fairchild company had been working on the V-12 since about 1932/33. Since they were already making an air-cooled straight 6 the V-12 is a natural progression. A lot of companies that made 6 cylinder air cooled engines at least tried a V-12. De Havallind, Isotta-Fraschini, Renault, Walther.
They saw service with the Luftwaffe in Norway. I believe a Bf 109T is credited with the first Luftwaffe victory over a B-17(in RAF service)How about the Bf109T? It never even landed on a carrier! Oh.....Wait.........
Wish the Fairey Fulmer was listed... It, and the two turreted fighter designs (oh, what a useless concept...) made by blackburn, had to be some of the worst carrier aircraft available. As for the Buffalo? The Finns used her with remarkable success. I doubt she deserves the bad rep. I did, however, vote devastator... Boy, was that a disaster.
Don't you insult an aircraft my grannie helped buildWish the Fairey Fulmer was listed...