Don't know abut the other two guys. but Ken's endorsement goes a long way in the decision process.
US Navy, not US Army. Beers progressed from Sea2c (Seaman 2d Class ) to RM2c (Radioman 2d Class) in his time aboard 540. He transferred from 540...
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Look very carefully at photos of the planes. Bureau numbers on USN, USMC, and USCG aircraft were usually found on the vertical stabilizer and...
https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/histories/naval-aviation/pdf/APP09.PDF or US Navy and US Marine Corps Military Aircraft...
Not a U S Navy cap device.
On 21 November 1942, Fletcher became commander of Northwestern Sea Frontier and did double duty as Commandant Thirteenth Naval District. He passed...
VF(N)-101 was operating F4U-2s in combat from USN carriers at least four months before the first FAA F4U squadron deployed . . . and at night at...
The commander of, say, a type flotilla or squadron is referred to as a "commodore." He might be a captain or he could be a commander in actual...
Just like the Marine captain commanding the ship's detachment is called "Major" . . . though I don't think they do that anymore. It was a pre-war...
It looks as though in the WW2 period the RNN had the same practice as the USN, captain with four stripes, straight to Rear Admiral with two stars....
Nonsense, absolute nonsense. We might do well to remember that all, that’s right, ALL, of the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm F4U squadrons received...
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Small correction, checking the files I actually have the BuAer Monthly Status of Naval Aircraft reports from 1940 -1945, not just through 1943 as...
At least one German Bf 109 of some sort. Not in the Pacific, so mine is just a guess
Oh, baby, oh baby! I have the BuAer monthly status reports 1940-1943, but they're way too big, even just at the monthly size, to post here. Rich
Nice catch! Where did you get your hands on the LantFlt Weekly Ops Sheet?
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George - Unless you are remarkable dense, that is, so dense as to be remarked upon, you should have by now deduced that no one here wants to play...
maybe they'd like an Oak Island . . . they could charge admission and by the shovelful. According to one expert, there's a fool born every minute...
