One of my all time favourite aircraft...The super sexy Vought Cutlass...Again a design inspired by WW2 German aircraft design. Was a bit of a pilot killer, tailess and a little underpowered...but look at those lines!
enemy above.... The Hq of the Tali-Ihantala major battle for Finns 1944 the Alahovi potato cellar.....
"SS-Panzergrenadiers belonging to SS-Kampfgruppe Mühlenkamp of the Wiking in Eastern Poland in July 1944. In the background Panzerkampfwagen V Panther."
"Excellent in-flight photo of US Navy Douglas SBD “Dauntless” torpedo dive bombers returning after a raid on Japanese-held Wake Island. 5 Oct 1943 [1280 × 1004]."
"Private Donald Johnston McKinnon, No. 7 Platoon, 73rd Battalion, returning from the front line. Taken by official Canadian war photographer William Ivor Castle, Mar 1917 [1024 × 1280]."
"[3548 x 2788]Starboard quarter view of the Soviet Kashin class destroyer Provornyy (DDG-724) at sea, 1982."
"HMS Lawford, a Captain-class frigate converted into a headquarters ship for the Normandy Landings. Sunk off Juno Beach on 8 June 1944 by an aerial attack, with the loss of 37 crew. Note the lengthened superstructure for the staff officers, and the extra radio antennae. [800x578]"
"US Navy Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive bomber of VB-10 in flight during a raid on the Palau Islands, 30 March 1944."
"[2769X1154] Spring 1913, Port of Lorient, France. Recently acquired Peruvian armored cruiser Comandante Aguirre (former French Dupuy de Lôme) waits for the payments settlement to depart Europe. With no money received the ship will fall back under control of the French Navy in late 1914."
Here's A VX-5 F7U-3 at Moffett Field circa 1954; pilot is CDR W N Leonard. Wasn't all that great without the afterburner and even then left a lot to be desired. I believe it was Bill Martin, who when asked why the Navy ever accepted the F7U, answered 'to give them time to create the F8U" which was a world beater. Not all that different from this one aboard USS Hornet (CV-8) just after Midway, probably 8 or 9 June 1942
Still hats off to America, they finally decided to try all manner of designs and configurations...went from behind at the start of WW2 to world leaders in just 10-15 years, that’s not a small boast...The Crusader comes along, then the Corsair II...love the Corsair II. Just like it’s older namesake, it’s an aircraft that gets young people into aircraft...