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Title: Name This...(871)
Post by: brady on September 12, 2004, 10:59:57 AM

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(http://www.myphotodrive.com//uploads/686_C.JPG)

Title: Name This...(871)
Post by: Panzzer on September 12, 2004, 11:58:06 AM

Curtiss Cleveland (SBC Helldiver).

Title: Name This...(871)
Post by: storch on September 12, 2004, 03:01:32 PM

I concur Curtiss SBC-4 Helldiver, Probably one of 50 sold to the French which were abondoned in Martinique by the carrier Bearn after the French capitulation in 1940. :D

Title: Name This...(871)
Post by: RTSigma on September 12, 2004, 03:02:22 PM

Three ladies waiting for a night out on the town!!

Title: Name This...(871)
Post by: Blooz on September 13, 2004, 08:12:20 AM

While I'm sure you guys are right. To me the landing gear screams Grumman.

Title: Name This...(871)
Post by: MiloMorai on September 13, 2004, 10:48:42 AM

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Originally posted by Blooz
While I'm sure you guys are right. To me the landing gear screams Grumman.

From this site, and maybe where Brady got the image, http://1000aircraftphotos.com/APS/2679.htm

THE RON DUPAS COLLECTION
No. 2679. Curtiss CW77 Cleveland (NX-C5) Fleet Air Arm

"This is a nice shot of the French Cleveland. They were ordered by the combined Anglo/french Purchasing commission in1939. The British received three or four depending on your sources, which flew well into 1944 even though they were marked M for maintenance. The French ones were not so fortunate, they were loaded on the French carrier Berne and shipped to Martinique, there they were off loaded and languished away till the wars end when France fell in June 1940."

A couple of pics of a 1/48 model

(http://www.mikegrantdesign.com/decals/Curtissi.jpg)
(http://www.mikegrantdesign.com/decals/Curtissii.jpg)

Title: Name This...(871)
Post by: brady on September 13, 2004, 11:05:25 AM

CW 77, it is:)