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Offline BUG_EAF322

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« on: March 10, 2003, 06:20:35 AM »
WHAT PLANES ARE ON THE DECK ?

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« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2003, 06:46:22 AM »
Fairey Firefly ?

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« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2003, 09:45:05 AM »
Guess: Corsairs ?

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« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2003, 10:11:55 AM »
Helldiver ???

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« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2003, 12:11:11 PM »
Gannet? and is that an Invincible class Brit carrier?

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« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2003, 01:14:34 PM »
A-1 Skyraiders
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« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2003, 02:38:22 PM »
I go with the SBC Helldivers

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« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2003, 03:57:30 PM »
I believe they are fireflies and probably a seahawk but hard to see

It's a dutch carrier formerly english

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« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2003, 04:20:39 PM »
I'll go with A-1 Skyraider

The nose is too long to be Hell Diver

The wings are folded backwards, so they are not F4Us

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« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2003, 04:56:43 PM »
Uhm midnight the dutch never used skyraiders.
We had Avengers and later Grumman Trackers on the cv "Karel Doorman"

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« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2003, 05:50:24 PM »
Grumman AF-2 Guardians aft, perhaps a Supermarine Attacker just forward of them.

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« Reply #11 on: March 10, 2003, 07:27:48 PM »
It can only be one of these
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Fairey Firefly FR. MK.IV
 
Hawker Seafury FB.MK.51
 
Sikorsky HO4S-3 (UH-19F) S55
 
Grumman TBM-3S2 Avenger
 
Grumman TBM-3W2 Avenger
 
Hawker FGA-50 Sea Hawk
 
Sikorsky HSS-1N (SH-34J) S.58
 
Grumman S2F-1 (S2A) Tracker
 
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« Reply #12 on: March 10, 2003, 09:49:38 PM »
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Originally posted by BUG_EAF322
It can only be one of these
:)

Fairey Firefly FR. MK.IV
 
Hawker Seafury FB.MK.51
 
Sikorsky HO4S-3 (UH-19F) S55
 
Grumman TBM-3S2 Avenger
 
Grumman TBM-3W2 Avenger
 
Hawker FGA-50 Sea Hawk
 
Sikorsky HSS-1N (SH-34J) S.58
 
Grumman S2F-1 (S2A) Tracker
 
choose wisely


The forward of the three must be a Seahawk.

I know that the Karel Doorman operated TBM-3W-2 types with APS-20 radar, so that must be them aft. However, the image is too grainy to get enough definition. Guardians also had the endplates on the horizontal stab, very similar to the TMB-3W-2.

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« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2003, 12:16:11 AM »
Quote
Originally posted by Midnight
I'll go with A-1 Skyraider

The nose is too long to be Hell Diver

The wings are folded backwards, so they are not F4Us


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« Reply #14 on: March 11, 2003, 12:36:44 PM »
They are the radar version of the Avenger -the TBM-3W2.
They aren't A-1 Skyraiders - the wings are folded to the side - the Skyraiders wings foid up as seen in the picture above.
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