Category: Naval Aviation
WW1, WW2 and cold war aviation
CANT 18
CANT 18 (1926) 29 built 1927-28 Development In 1926, SISA asked the Cosulich group to build an acrobatic seaplane for…
Martin T3M (1926)
US Navy Torpedo Bomber (1926-32), 124 built. The Martin T3M is a 1926 carrier-borne torpedo bomber, introduced a year before…
Latécoère 298
Aéronautique Navale: 129 built total The best French floatplane ? A Laté 298 dropping its payload during exercises A navy…
Chyetverikov MDR-6
1937-43: 44 built. The Chyetverikov MDR-6 was a 1930s Soviet Union reconnaissance flying-boat aircraft, and the only successful aircraft designed…
Fairey Firefly
Carrier Based Multirole Fighter Fleet Air Arm, 1,702 built 1942-53. Fairey Firefly: As we just saw the Attacker class, which…
Kawanishi H6K “Mavis”
Large recce/bomber flying boat, 215 made 1938-43 The H6K was an Imperial Japanese Navy flying boat manufactured by the Kawanishi…
Blohm & Voss 138 Seedrache (1940)
German Long-Range Reconnaissance flying boat First flight 1937, service 1940 -297 produced 1938-43. The Blohm & Voss BV 138 Seedrache…
Vought VE-7 (1917)
Vought VE-7 (1917) Naval Fighter – 128 built The Vought VE-7 “Bluebird” was an early biplane of the United States….
Lublin R.XIII (1931)
20 built, 3 versions 1932-35. Lost 1939. The Lublin R.XIII hydro (1931) was a floatplane derived from the Lublin R.XIII,…
Fairey Barracuda (1942)
FAA, 2,602 built 1942-45 The Fairey Barracuda was a British torpedo and dive bomber used during World War II. It…