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Posted on 7/17/14 at 1:16 pm to Spaceman Spiff
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Aside from markings and casting, I think the fuse is different. Other than that, I got nothing.
You stepped all over it.
After the Oriskany and Forrestal incidents, the navy started studying ways to reduce the threat of ordinance cooking off. The first bomb with the alligator skin is the result. That coating greatly increased the amount of time the bomb took to detonate if exposed to fire.
The two yellow bands and rough skin means it is termally protected - and thus meant for shipboard service. A Navy bomb.
Standard 'land' dumb bombs had (have?) single band and smooth skin.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 1:23 pm to Spaceman Spiff
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Ah, the pincer...
hammer and anvil.
infantry keeps the enemy pinned (anvil) and allows the heavy cavalry (hammer) to attack the flanks and rear
Posted on 7/17/14 at 1:23 pm to JustGetItRight
Dang! Will have some more for you in a min...
Posted on 7/17/14 at 1:25 pm to JustGetItRight
Here is another, Korean War:
Posted on 7/17/14 at 1:26 pm to 68wDoc68w
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hammer and anvil.
infantry keeps the enemy pinned (anvil) and allows the heavy cavalry (hammer) to attack the flanks and rear
Damn. You can tell am not a land warfare guy.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 1:30 pm to Spaceman Spiff
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Here is another, Korean War:
Polikarpov Po-2. They even used it as a nighttime harassment bomber.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 1:51 pm to JustGetItRight
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Polikarpov Po-2. They even used it as a nighttime harassment bomber.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 1:54 pm to Spaceman Spiff
Major Greg Pappy Boyington USMC. Though Boyington did fly with the AVG Flying Tigers before the Corps.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 1:54 pm to JustGetItRight
This should be easy...
Posted on 7/17/14 at 1:56 pm to Spaceman Spiff
SB2C Helldiver. Son of a Bitch 2nd Class!
This post was edited on 7/17/14 at 1:57 pm
Posted on 7/17/14 at 1:58 pm to Pavoloco83
Posted on 7/17/14 at 2:08 pm to JustGetItRight
What plane is this? Who operated it?
Posted on 7/17/14 at 2:23 pm to Spaceman Spiff
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What plane is this? Who operated it?
That's one of the Horten brother's (German) flying wings but I don't remember what they called it.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 2:29 pm to JustGetItRight
Close enough. Horton HO 229.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 2:32 pm to JustGetItRight
Seeing as that you seem to be a fellow airplane freak, what is this and what makes it unique?
Posted on 7/17/14 at 3:08 pm to Spaceman Spiff
This aircraft was modified to hook up to a Navy blimp
Posted on 7/17/14 at 3:40 pm to Spaceman Spiff
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Damn. You can tell am not a land warfare guy.
and I'm not the aviation expert
lol
Posted on 7/17/14 at 3:45 pm to FightinTigersDammit
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This aircraft was modified to hook up to a Navy blimp
It is the Curtiss Sparrowhawk and what he said, except it wasn't modified to hook to the blimp. It was built expressly for that purpose. Both the Macon and Akron carried them.
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Close enough. Horton HO 229.
That's not a 229. There was only one Go-229 (Gotha was going to mass produce them) built and it never flew. That's one of the late prototypes after they went from props to jet power. He numbered them in sequence I, II, III, IV, V, etc but I don't know them well enough to say which one that is (other than it is a very late one).
Posted on 7/17/14 at 3:51 pm to JustGetItRight
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It was built expressly for that purpose
Did not realize this.
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