Category: ww2 USN Aviation
Douglas A1 Skyraider (1945)
USN Carrier-borne piston-engine attack aircraft US Navy (1945-1985), 3,180 built The long-living piston-powered legend Although some of the most prominent…
Grumman F6F Hellcat (1942)
USN WW2 carrier-borne fighter Single seat naval fighter (1942-48) The legendary 16:1 navy butcher bird The Grumman Hellcat would be…
Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf (1941)
Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf (1941) USN Torpedo Bomber (1941-44), 181 built. When good enough beats better The Consolidated TBY Sea…
Vought O2U/O3U Corsair (1927-1933)
Vought O2U/O3U Corsair (1927) USN/USMC Observation plane (Circa 580 built 1927-33) The workhorse of interwar USN observation The name “corsair”…
Curtiss SOC3 Seamew (1939)
Curtiss SO3C Seamew (1939) US Navy Observation Floatplane (1939), 780 built 1942-44 The Curtiss SO3C was supposed to be the…
Ryan FR-1 Fireball (1944)
Ryan FR-1 Fireball (1945) US Navy mixted piston/jet fighter (1944-47), 71 built The Ryan FR Fireball was the sole US…
Brewster SB2A Buccaneer (1941)
Brewster SB2A Buccaneer (1941) 3-seats scout bomber (1941-43), 771 produced Worst aircraft of WW2 ? The fighter F2A Buffalo already…
Vought F4U Corsair (1940)
Vought F4U Corsair (1940) US Navy Fighter Bomber (1940-76), 12,270 built 36 years of service for the “Gullwing Marvel” Probably…
Grumman F4F Wildcat (1940)
USN WW2 carrier-borne fighter Main USN fighter 1941-43: 7,885 built 1940-1945 The frontline USN fighter until 1943 The Wildcat had…
Grumman FF (1932)
Grumman FF (1932) Two seat multirole naval aircraft 1931-1945 – 175 built* About Leroy Grumman & the navy The Founder:…
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