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One engine, a fragile front, there were several other reasons why this one remained a prototype .

 

The following link provides a full report with photos and information about the "Enola Gay", undoubtedly the most famous B-29 bomber ever built and the protagonist of one of the main historical events of the Twentieth Century. Hope you enjoy and I count on your visit.


http://aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2012/02/enola-gay.html

 

She sure is purdy... Nice site man.

 

I share with you the following link, which brings a report with photos and information about one of the most iconic and amazing episodes of World War II. I hope you enjoy and I count on your visit!


http://aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2011/02/trinta-segundos-sobre-tokyo.html

 

The following link provides a full report with lots of photos and information about one of the most famous fighter aircraft of all time and certainly one of the most important to France in WW2. I hope you enjoy and I count on your visit!


http://aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2011/01/morane-saulnier-ms406.html

 

On the night of November 11, 1940, the Royal Navy launched the Operation Judgement against the Italian port of Taranto. This famous operation was the first planned attack against ships launched from aircraft carriers and was the seed aircraft to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, a year later. The following link provides a full report with photos and information about this famous military operation of WW2. I hope you enjoy it and I count on your visit.


http://aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2011/02/taranto-sob-ataque.html

 

Great photos, thanks for sharing! One appears to be the US carrier Ranger, the one with the ship heeling to starboard and Grumman aircraft, presumably Avengers, on deck. The Italian battleships sunk to the turrets are particularly striking.

 

That is the USS Ranger(CV-4)...No doubt about it. Also, looks like the nose of a P-40 between the two Avengers on the right side of the photo.

 

Actually, I think that carrier is Wasp. There's a funnel sticking up from the island. Ranger had funnels along the deck.

 

The torpedo boat passing through the swing bridge channel to the inner harbour (Mar Piccolo) is RN Lupo after her encounter with a British cruiser squadron during the Crete operations so a bit later than the attack. The bottom picture of a battleship foredeck had me puzzled for a while, the twin superfiring turrets of the older Italian battleships had rounded sides as shown in he other pictures on the page, then I realized it's a triple turret with the third gun pointing downwards so clearly a Littorio class.

 

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Sorry, but she is the Ranger, as there are a number of recognizable differences between the two.
1. (Blue)The easiest to spot is the single raised gun tub forward of the island. Wasp had two, with one flush on the flight deck.
2. (Green)The Bridge and Sky Control are stacked one on top of the other.
3. (Purple)No Sky Control on her tripod mast. Wasp had her Sky Control on her tripod mast.
3. (Red)Note the extended searchlight and lookout platform wings directly behind Sky Control. Wasp did not have these.
4. (Yellow)In the photo, on the left side(ship's right side), you can see that the flight deck comes forward of the island a distance, makes a 90 degree turn, comes in some feet, and then makes another 90 degree turn to continue parallel to the centerline - this is unique to the Ranger. Wasp had a straight flight deck in this area.
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The "smokestack" you are seeing is either the gun director or the other various clutter on the Ranger's tripod mast

 

Although with certain disabilities, the Mitsubishi G4M was one of the pillars of the Japanese Air Force, especially during the early years of WW2, collecting numerous victories in many bombing missions. The following link provides a full report with a lot of pictures and information about this amazing bomber. I hope you enjoy it and I count on your visit.


http://aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2011/01/mitsubishi-g4m-betty.html

 

Might be a few old timers here who remember them...Darwin.

 

Great photos as always, thanks. The G4Ms painted white with green crosses carried Japanese negotiators to arrange the surrender with MacArthur et. al.

One thing, there was no Japanese Air Force as such, the army and navy each had their own air arms. The navy had substantial land-based air including the G4M.

 

The British used all those low-quality bi-planes until the US started giving the Wildcats, Corsairs, and Hellcats for Lend-Lease. The used Spitfires on the carriers but I think early in the war they were few and far between and saved for defense of the Island.

 

I wouldn't call the biplanes "low quality" although they were obsolete for some uses and obsolesent for others. I seem to recall them using naval versions of the Hurricane before the navalized version of the Sptifire as well. They had some pretty decent naval bombers as well from what I remember reading.

 

During World War II, men and machines of the Royal Air Force of New Zealand fought with bravery and honor the Axis forces. The following link provides, through a compilation of images, a tribute to this important and valuable Air Force. I hope you enjoy and I count on your visit.


http://aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2011/02/kiwis-guerra.html

 

The Aussies couldn't have asked for a better trench mate...

 

Really terrific photographs. I am very impressed with with the great variety of aircraft flown by the New Zealanders, virtually a cross section of most Allied planes. I assume the Corsairs were mainly flown in the PTO but have no basis for thinking so.