naval aviation

US Navy Torpedo Bomber (1926-32), 124 built. The Martin T3M is a 1926 carrier-borne torpedo bomber, introduced a year before…

Aéronautique Navale: 129 built total The best French floatplane ? A Laté 298 dropping its payload during exercises A navy…

1937-43: 44 built. The Chyetverikov MDR-6 was a 1930s Soviet Union reconnaissance flying-boat aircraft, and the only successful aircraft designed…

Carrier Based Multirole Fighter Fleet Air Arm, 1,702 built 1942-53. Fairey Firefly: As we just saw the Attacker class, which…

Large recce/bomber flying boat, 215 made 1938-43 The H6K was an Imperial Japanese Navy flying boat manufactured by the Kawanishi…

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) Naval Fighter – 128 built The Vought VE-7 “Bluebird” was an early biplane of the United States….

20 built, 3 versions 1932-35. Lost 1939. The Lublin R.XIII hydro (1931) was a floatplane derived from the Lublin R.XIII,…

FAA, 2,602 built 1942-45 The Fairey Barracuda was a British torpedo and dive bomber used during World War II. It…

IJN Observation floatplane (1942) – 15 built (incl. prototypes) 1944 Development In 1939 the Imperial Japanese Navy instructed Kawanishi (a…