Category: ww2 USN Aviation

Grumman J2F (1936) US Navy, 584 built Ungainly but popular, the “Duck” The Grumman J2F Duck (G-15) was a single-engine…

Curtiss SOC Seagull (1934) USN Observation Biplane 1935-1940 (322 built) Curtiss’ standard observation plane During the last five years preceding…

USN Dive Bomber 1938-1944 (5,936 built) Fearless Dauntless: USN’ legendary dive bomber The image is clear now, since the river…

USN Dive Bomber – 1935-42 Rough draft for the Dauntless Northrop is rarely associated with US Naval aviation, albeit being…

USN 1935-41 Grumman F3F: The last fighter biplane of the US Navy The Grumman was the last USN biplane fighter…

Douglas TBD Devastator (1935) USN Dive Bomber (1935-42) Best of its day, less in 1942 First line USN torpedo bomber…

USN Scout Floatplane (1938), 1,519 built The standard ww2 USN observation floatplane The Vought OS2U Kingfisher became the staple of…

USN Fighter (1937) The worst USN fighter ever ? The Brewster Buffalo has quite a reputation in WW2. For many,…

USN flying boat (1935) The angel of the Atlantic The PBY Catalina was during WW2 both a spy and vengeful…

US NavyUSN Dive Bomber (1936) The USN dive bomber in 1940 Two cantilever monoplan dive bombers were in service in…