F2A-2 Brewster Buffalo photo gallery
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Photographic Information

USN Composite Squadron Eleven VC-11 colorized slideshow

General Motors FM-2 Wildcat VC-11 White C19 landing aboard CVE-74 USS Nehenta Bay 1945 01 General Motors FM-2 Wildcat VC-11 White C28 landing mishap CVE-74 USS Nehenta Bay 1945 01 Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat VC-11 White F4 plane lost pilot recued CVE-18 USS Altamaha 17th May 1943 01 Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat VC-11 White F4 plane lost pilot recued CVE-18 USS Altamaha 17th May 1943 02 Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat VC-11 White F4 plane lost pilot recued CVE-18 USS Altamaha 17th May 1943 03 Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat VC-11 White F4 plane lost pilot recued CVE-18 USS Altamaha 17th May 1943 04 Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat VC-11 White F4 plane lost pilot recued CVE-18 USS Altamaha 17th May 1943 05 Grumman TBM-1C Avenger VC-11 White 3C over Tinian day 2 CVE-74 USS Nehenta Bay 01

 

Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat VF-41 Black 12 flown by Lt(jg) Charles "Windy" Shields from USS Ranger during Operation Torch in Nov 1942. Officially credited with two kills during the Torch Landings and awarded the Silver Star, it is believed Shield actually destroyed four aircraft. Photo 01:The French battleship Jean Bart was sunk at her moorings in Casablanca harbor on 8 Nov 1942 by SBDs from VS-41 from the USS Ranger. Photo 02: Other Vichy French warships and frieghters were sunk or beached as a result of combined SBD bombing and F4F strafing. The units involved were VS-41 and VF-41 from USS Ranger and TBF Avengers of VGS-27 from USS Sunwanee.

    

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Operation Torch
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The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II

Chronology of the USN in WWII

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    Magazine References: +

  • Airfix Magazines (English) - http://www.airfix.com/
  • Avions (French) - http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/rubrique10.html
  • FlyPast (English) - http://www.flypast.com/
  • Flugzeug Publikations GmbH (German) - http://vdmedien.com/flugzeug-publikations-gmbh-hersteller_verlag-vdm-heinz-nickel-33.html
  • Flugzeug Classic (German) - http://www.flugzeugclassic.de/
  • Klassiker (German) - http://shop.flugrevue.de/abo/klassiker-der-luftfahrt
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://boutique.editions-lariviere.fr/site/abonnement-le-fana-de-l-aviation-626-4-6.html
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://www.pdfmagazines.org/tags/Le+Fana+De+L+Aviation/
  • Osprey (English) - http://www.ospreypublishing.com/
  • Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/

    Web References: +

  • History of RAF Organisation: http://www.rafweb.org
  • Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/

 

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