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Lockheed PV-1 Ventura.
1. PV-1, Bu No 34741, flown by LT Bill Scarborough of VB-144 on glidebombing and low-level attacks against Japanese bases in the Marshall Islands. Squadron operated from Tarawa and Roi-Namur, January to September 1944
2. PV-1 No. 145 Bomber Reconnaissance Sq.,RCAF, Torbay, Newfoundland 1943
3. PV-1,GR V 2263 endured a wheels up landing at RCAF Port Hardy, in British Columbia, on 2 February 1944
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North-American FJ-4 Fury.
1. Early FJ-3, BuNo. 135862, with leading edge slats assigned to VF-21 at NAS Oceana, Virginia,October 1955
2. North-American FJ-4B Fury, US Navy, BuAer 143554, VA-55,CVA-20 USS Bennington, ca 1958
3. North-American FJ-3 Fury, US Navy, BuAer 136157, VF-94, NAS Alameda CA., ca. 1955
4. North-American FJ-4 Fury, US Marines, BuAer 139523, VMF-334, NAS Atsugi Japan, ca. 1957
5. North-American...
Douglas A-20 Havoc.
1. A P-70 of Detachment A, Gth Night Fighter Squadron at 3 Mile Airstrip, Port Moresby, New Guinea during May of 1943
2. Boston Mk.llla of the 88 Squadron, 2 nd TAF, RAF.Crew commander - Squadron Leader Dzh. R. Pushmen, Hartford Bridge.
3. A-20G of the 3rd Bomb Group, 89th Bomb Squadron during 1944 was named "BIG NIG" lll.
4. Douglas Boston lll Al290:OM-K of No.107 Squadron, Great Massingham,...
Fairey Firefly.
1. Firefly FR.Mk.5 Unit: 812 NAS, FAA No. 206/R H.M.S. Glory, Korean coast, circa 1951.
2. Firefly FR.Mk.1 Unit: 827 NAS, FAA No. 273/P (PP 596) H.M.S. Triumph, Task Force 77 (US Navy), Yellow Sea, July 1950. This aircraft took part in the first air strike (on Haejo airfield) of the Korean War on 3rd July 1950.
3. Fairey Firefly FR.5,Fleet Air Arm, 810 Sqn., WB 266, H.M.S. Theseus ca. 1952.
4. Fire...
Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight.
1. EF-10B, 125849 of VMCJ-1, colors as shown on front cover, arrow dark green withred strip. Rough translation of Soviet on wing tank is join the US Marines.
2. F3D-2 Skyknight, US Navy, BuAer 127038, VF-11, NAS Key West FL.,ca 1954.
3. F3D-2, 124603, of VFAW-3 depicts skipper Cdr. Eugene A. Valencia's aircraft on his May 1960 trip to Canada. In Canada the British insignia was applied to the s...
Sikorsky H-34
1. CH-34A Choctaw (54465) US ARMY Medevac 1960.
2. US Coast Guard HUS-1G (later designation H-34G), serving in the New Orleans area, early 1960.
3. UH-34D BUNO.148771 HMM-362 'UGLY ANGELS', 1966 Vietnam.
4. HMM-363 UH-34D 148077 (c/n 58-1191) in Alaska to support VQ-1 and the Army Security Agency. (Photo courtesy of the author's collection).
5. Sikorsky UH-34D Seahorse, US Marines, BuAer 14806...
Fairey Barracuda
1. Fairey Barracuda Mk.ll P9857:G of 822 Squadron, FAA, based in southern India early in 1944.
2. Fairey Barracuda Mk.lll ME 248:17K of 815 Squadron, FAA, based at RNAS Rattay in 1945.Note C1 roundels above wings.
3. Fairey Barracuda Mk.ll DR 116:R3S of 710 Squadron, FAA, based at RNAS Ronaldsway, August 1945.
4. Fairey Barracuda Mk.ll PM954:R1C of 814 Squadron, from H.M.S. Venerable, ashore at RNAS ...
Hawker Fury
1. Hawker Fury I, K 1930, 43 Squadron, Tangmere, June 1932. Squadron Leader W.E. Bryant, MBE.
2. Hawker Fury Mk.l, Advanced Training Flight, RAF College of the Air Force in Kranuel, 1933. Airplane later series.
3. Hawker Fury Mk.I Diecast Model GIAPC, Tancos, Portugal, 1934.
4. Hawker Fury Yugoslav Air Force 1939.
5. Aircraft serves in Spanish Nationalist AF, late 1930.
6. Hawker Fury I of No.43 Squ...
Grumman F6F Hellcat
1. F6F-3 No,5 'Ruthless' flown by Lt Oscar I. 'Oc' Chenoweth Jr XO VF-38, Segi Point New, Georgia, August, 1943.
2. F6F-5 BuNo.58937 No,12 flown by Lt(jg) Arthur Ray 'Hank' Hawkins of VF-31, USS Cabot, September, 1944.
3. F6F-3 BuNo.40467 No,19 flown by Lt(jg) Alexander Vraciu of VF-6, USS Intrepid, 17 February, 1944.
4. F6F-5 No,8 flown by Ensigns Alred R. Wood & Edward W. Olszewski of VOF-1, USS...
Vought F-8 Crusader
1. Vought F-8 Crusader,F-8E (F8U-2NE), VF-162, US Navy, 202/AH (BuNo.150908), CVA-34 USS Oriskany. Pilot - Commander
Richard M.Bellindzher. July 14, 1966 was shot down in combat with J-5 Ndo Duck.
2. Vought F-8C Crusader (F8U-2),VF-111, Det.11, US Navy, 103/AK (BuNo.146961), CVS-11 USS Intrepid, 1968. 19th September 1968. Lieutenant Anthony Gran on this machine knocked North Vietnamese MiG-21 of 921 I...
Republic F-105D Thunderchief
1. F-105D-20-RE Thunderchief JJ (61-0132) 34th TES, 388th . Korat RTAB August 1967.
2. F-105D-25-RE, 61-0069, was credited with a MIG-17 kill on April 28,1967. This photograph of the aircraft was taken in October 1983, after the aircraft had been restored for display. Notice the enticing art work on the upper portion of the nose. Unfortunately, the art has since been removed.
3. F-105D-10-RE...
Martin B-26 Marauder
1. B-26C-20-MO s/n 41-35018 B/N 32 'Spooks' flown by Lt. Chester M. Angell of the 37th BS, 17th BG.
2. B-26B-55-MA 42-96026 K5-B 'Faith-Prelude to Victory' flown by Capt. J.R. Tosi of the 584th BS, 394th BG.
3. B-26B-40-MA s/n 42-43308 B/N 68 flown by Lt. Joseph T. Shoeps of the 95th BS, 17th BG.
4. B-26B-30-MA 41-31983 VT-D 'Truman's Folly' flown by Lt. Erdman D. Kiehm of the 453rd BS, 323rd BG....
Dornier Do-17
1. Dornier Do-17Z-2 (U5+BH) of I/KG 2 at Tatoi, Greece, May 1941.
2. Dornier Do-17Z-1, F1+ET, 9./KG 76, Cormeilles-en-Vexin, France, July 1940.
3. Dornier Do-17Z-1,code 3U+FU of 10/ZG 26 "Horst Wessel" Libya, Western Desert 1941-42.
4. Dornier Do-17Z-1 of 1 Staffel l Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 76 based at Beauvais-Tille, Northern France, for daylight operations over the British Isles in September 1940.
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Armstrong-Whitworth A.W.38 Whitley
Whitley Mk.l K7219, 10-D 10 Squadron 1937, Dishforth. Grenade surround to squadron badge on nose.
Mk.ll K7233, 51:P 51 and 9 Squadrons before being relegated to training duties. Linton-on-Ouse 1938;
Mk.V Z9226, ZA:K of No. 10 Squadron in 1941 painted black overall. It was lost over Dusseldorf on 28 December 1941.
Mk.Vll Z6633, WL:G 612 Squadron Coastal Command in 1942. This aircraft ha...
Polikarpov I-16 1. I-16 tip 10, Major General Ivan Lakeyev. June 1941.
2. I-16 type 24. Defense of Leningrad, 1941.
3. I-16 type 29. 156 IAP winter 1941-1942.
4. I-16 Type 10 (or Type 18),1940-41. This plane was used army ruler Shchen Shih Tsai against Uighur Muslim separatist rebels.
5. And 16 type 10. Unidentified Air Force unit of the Kuomintang. Presumably the end of 1939.
6. I-16 type 24. One of the four ai...
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth.
1. Tiger Moths 'Dorothy'of US Army Air Force were used on British territory to Iiaison duties. DE 745 was flown by 353rb Fighter Group USAAF in summer 1943 and it retained British camouflage with American insignia modified from the British ones.
2. Tiger Moth W7956 727NAS FAA, Gosport Navy airbas (H.M.S. Siskin) 1946-50
3. Radio-controlled target DH.82B Queen Bee undergone similar develo...
Grumman S-2 Tracker
1. Grumman S-2A Tracker, BuAer 136411 on the CVS-37 USS Princeton, 1955.
2. Grumman S-2G Tracker, US NAVY, VS38 ,BuAer 152334, CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk,ca 1973.
3. Grumman S-2A Tracker, US NAVY, VS24 ,BuAer 134723, CVS-9 USS Essex ca 1961.
4. S-2Es (plus several S2Gs), supplied since 1976, are operated from the Jorge Chavez base at Lima by Escuadron Antisubmarino 12 of the Servicio Aeronaval de la Mar...
McDonnell F-3 Demon
1. Donnell Douglas F3H-2 Demon (F-3B), VF-41 'Black Aces', US Navy, 100/AG (BuNo.143479) CVA-62 USS Independence, 1959.
2. Donnell Douglas F3H Demon США VF-122 'Black Angels', US Navy, F3H-2N (F-3C) , 405/NG (BuNo.137001).
3. Douglas F3H Demon, VF-131, US Navy, 104/AE (BuNo.133599) CVA-64 USS Constellation, 1962 .
4. Douglas F3H-2 Demon, VF-21, U.S. Navy ,203/NE (BuNo.143435), CV...
Sikorsky H-19 Part 1
1. Sikorsky S-55 371/2-PH-412 (55-633) Escuadrilla Aeronaval de Helicopteros/Escuadra Aeronaval No.2 Embarcado a bordo del rompehielos ARA (Q-4) 'General San Martin' durante la Campana Antartica de Verano 1959-1960.
2. Sikorsky H-19,s/n 9626, 108 Comm Flight, 1955.
3. Sikorsky H-19D, Flottille 33F, Algeria 1958.
4. Sikorsky H-19D, Centro Soccorso CAGLIARI-ELMAS 1963.
5. Sikorsky S-55, 02, The ...
Douglas A-3 Skywarrior
1. A-3B (A3D-2) Part: VAH-2, US Navy, 601/NL (BuNo.147650) CVA-43 USS Coral Sea, Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam Coast, 1965 The plane crashed 6th October 1966 after a collision with North-American RA-5C.
2. EKA-3B Part: 1st Detachment of VAQ-135 'Ravens', U.S. Navy , 610/AB (BuNo.147667) CVA-67 USS John F.Kennedy, 1965 A-3
Skywarrior was the American sailors nicknamed 'whale'. Initially, A-3B. In June 196...