naval aviation

Mitsubishi B1M (1924) Imperial Japanese Navy, 443 built The main IJN torpedo bomber of the interwar The Mitsubishi B1M was…

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

Fairey Swordfish (1935) Fleet Air Arm 1935-43: 2,391 built. The proverbial British torpedo bomber The “string bag”, Swordfish, made by…

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

Mitsubishi 1MF (1919) Imperial Japanese Navy, 148 built The long road towards the first IJN fighter The Imperial Japanese seaplanes…

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…