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re: History in Pictures is a great twitter feed. Here is one just posted.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 9:48 am to JustGetItRight
Posted on 7/18/14 at 9:48 am to JustGetItRight
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It has enough of the 'look' of the M2/M3/M5 line to make me think it is in that family but the armament alone shows it predates them by a good bit.
Yeah - it's an M1 Combat Car - mid-30s - it is, more or less the immediate precursor to the M2.
And - after reviewing the Wiki - that appears to be an original M1 - the M1A1 and later variants had the octoganol turrent, rather than the D-shaped one pictured in the thread.
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Posted on 7/18/14 at 10:02 am to Ace Midnight
Thank you, sir.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 10:17 am to Spaceman Spiff
Is that a Buffalo?
Army Air Corps?
Army Air Corps?
This post was edited on 7/18/14 at 10:18 am
Posted on 7/18/14 at 10:27 am to Spaceman Spiff
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While waiting for him, here is a plane for you:
Type/make/user
Grumman F2F-1 'Flying Barrel'. Almost identical to the F3F.
The user was the US Navy. More specifically, that aircraft is plane 6 of VF-2 and operated from the USS Lexington. You can get all that from the prewar side code 2-F-6. The first number is the squadron (2), the letter is the type (f = fighter), and the second number (6) is the aircraft id. Plane 6 of Fighting 2. Going a step further, squadrons and air wings were numbered based on their carrier. USS Lexington was CV-2, so her air group (2) consisted of VF-2 (fighters), VT-2 (torpedo), VB-2 (dive bombers), and VS-2 (Scout - really a second dive bomber squadron). The air wing/squadron number matching the carrier ended with the explosion of wings and carriers in WWII.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 10:28 am to Spaceman Spiff
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While waiting for him, here is a plane for you: Type/make/user
I'm not going to answer Spiff, but haven't we already had this plane in this thread?
Posted on 7/18/14 at 10:29 am to JustGetItRight
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The user was the US Navy. More specifically, that aircraft is plane 6 of VF-2 and operated from the USS Lexington. You can get all that from the prewar side code 2-F-6. The first number is the squadron (2), the letter is the type (f = fighter), and the second number (6) is the aircraft id. Plane 6 of Fighting 2. Going a step further, squadrons and air wings were numbered based on their carrier. USS Lexington was CV-2, so her air group (2) consisted of VF-2 (fighters), VT-2 (torpedo), VB-2 (dive bombers), and VS-2 (Scout - really a second dive bomber squadron). The air wing/squadron number matching the carrier ended with the explosion of wings and carriers in WWII.
Most impressed, sir.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 10:31 am to Kcrad
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Is that a Buffalo?
Army Air Corps?
It and the F3F were replaced by the Buffalo, but they were the direct grandparents of the F4F Wildcat.
Edited to add: The F2F and FF-1 (they served at the same time) marked the start of a 53 year run where Grumman aircraft sailed on US Navy carriers. It ended when the Tomcat was retired in 2006.
This post was edited on 7/18/14 at 10:37 am
Posted on 7/18/14 at 10:32 am to Spaceman Spiff
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Most impressed, sir.
Like I said way upthread. Naval aviation and Pacific theater have been my thing for 40 years.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 10:44 am to JustGetItRight
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It ended when the Tomcat was retired in 2006
And that was a damn shame for such a fine aircraft. Outpreformed and outclassed today's Hornet in all aspects. Glad I got the chance to see them fly on many occasions.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 10:44 am to JustGetItRight
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Naval aviation and Pacific theater have been my thing for 40 years.
Mine, too. Add in US ETO a/c, too.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 10:46 am to Ace Midnight
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I'm not going to answer Spiff, but haven't we already had this plane in this thread?
We may have and it might have either slipped my mind or was before I joined in. Not sure of either. My apologies, sir.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 10:47 am to Spaceman Spiff
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We may have and it might have either slipped my mind or was before I joined in. Not sure of either. My apologies, sir.
Heck, it may have been the F3F that was up before. Even if we had it (and I didn't check) it was new to some folks. So, don't mind me.
Carry on.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 10:49 am to Ace Midnight
Posted on 7/18/14 at 10:50 am to Ace Midnight
For our resident plane nuts, what is this?
Posted on 7/18/14 at 10:52 am to JustGetItRight
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It ended when the Tomcat was retired in 2006.
God, I'm getting old. I remember when VF1 & VF2 deployed with the first group of Tomcats.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 11:14 am to Spaceman Spiff
Heinkel He-162 Salamander or Volksjager.
It was supposed to be the low end of a high/low mix with the Me-262 - much like the USAF does with the F-15/F-16 and will do again with the F-22/F-35.
It was supposed to be the low end of a high/low mix with the Me-262 - much like the USAF does with the F-15/F-16 and will do again with the F-22/F-35.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 11:16 am to Spaceman Spiff
Grumman F3F. US Navy
eta, Close, but not quite.
eta, Close, but not quite.
This post was edited on 7/18/14 at 11:18 am
Posted on 7/18/14 at 11:16 am to Spaceman Spiff
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For our resident plane nuts, what is this?
HE 162
Posted on 7/18/14 at 11:16 am to JustGetItRight
Posted on 7/18/14 at 11:22 am to JustGetItRight
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It was supposed to be the low end of a high/low mix with the Me-262 - much like the USAF does with the F-15/F-16 and will do again with the F-22/F-35.
Also supposed to be flown by guys who had some glider training and a few hours in powered craft. Complete disaster, especially once the tail started falling off.
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