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Title: Guess the plane
Post by: BUG_EAF322 on March 10, 2003, 06:20:35 AM

WHAT PLANES ARE ON THE DECK ?

Title: Guess the plane
Post by: straffo on March 10, 2003, 06:46:22 AM

Fairey Firefly ?

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Post by: devious on March 10, 2003, 09:45:05 AM

Guess: Corsairs ?

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Post by: Dr Zhivago on March 10, 2003, 10:11:55 AM

Helldiver ???

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Post by: Rasker on March 10, 2003, 12:11:11 PM

Gannet? and is that an Invincible class Brit carrier?

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Post by: Sabre on March 10, 2003, 01:14:34 PM

A-1 Skyraiders

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Post by: frank3 on March 10, 2003, 02:38:22 PM

I go with the SBC Helldivers

Title: Guess the plane
Post by: BUG_EAF322 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

:)

Title: Guess the plane
Post by: Midnight 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

Title: Guess the plane
Post by: BUG_EAF322 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"

Title: Guess the plane
Post by: Widewing on March 10, 2003, 05:50:24 PM

Grumman AF-2 Guardians aft, perhaps a Supermarine Attacker just forward of them.

Widewing

Title: Guess the plane
Post by: BUG_EAF322 on March 10, 2003, 07:27:48 PM

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

Title: Guess the plane
Post by: Widewing 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.

My regards,

Widewing

Title: Guess the plane
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on March 11, 2003, 12:16:11 AM

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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

Just that you know mate:
(http://www.abledogs.com/gallery/Images/vma225-1.jpg)

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Post by: Jester 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.

Title: Guess the plane
Post by: Midnight on March 11, 2003, 01:02:20 PM

DOH! :o

I knew that too...

Quote

Originally posted by SFRT - Frenchy
Just that you know mate:
(http://www.abledogs.com/gallery/Images/vma225-1.jpg)

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Post by: frank3 on March 11, 2003, 01:57:58 PM

please tell us BUG_EAF322, before we totally drift off!

Title: Guess the plane
Post by: BUG_EAF322 on March 11, 2003, 04:11:53 PM

Fairey Firefly FR. MK.IV

The type with the big not streamlined cooler

Done a litle search on the fireflie seems the MK.IV to be a streamlined nose while these on the pic aren't.

In front must be a seahawk

some pic below :

Title: Guess the plane
Post by: BUG_EAF322 on March 11, 2003, 04:13:46 PM

Seahawk :

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Post by: BUG_EAF322 on March 11, 2003, 04:15:08 PM

Not sure about the nose here an older type.

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Post by: BUG_EAF322 on March 11, 2003, 04:15:49 PM

More firefly :)

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Post by: BUG_EAF322 on March 11, 2003, 04:16:35 PM

In formation :

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Post by: BUG_EAF322 on March 11, 2003, 04:17:46 PM

And a dutch Avenger.