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The Fairey Barracuda Bomber Was a Nazi Sailor’s Worst Nightmare
The Fairey Barracuda made history as the first English all-metal aircraft built for dive-bombing and torpedo-bombing purposes ...
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Group offers WWII torpedo bomber flights in Sanford
A TBM Avenger, the largest and heaviest single-engine bomber of World War II, will visit the Raleigh Executive Jetport in Sanford for one day on April 16. The Capital Wing of the Commemorative Air ...
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Today In Aviation History: First Flight of the Grumman S-2 Tracker
this role was carried out in the US Navy by the Consolidated PBY Catalina and the Grumman TBF Avenger, but by the time the Korean War broke out, the Navy had already accepted its first aircraft ...
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WWII torpedo bomber flies into Raleigh
CULPEPER, VA. — A TBM Avenger, the largest and heaviest single-engine bomber of WWII, will visit the Raleigh Executive Jetport in Sanford for one day on Wednesday, April 16. The Capital Wing ...
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A-1 Skyraider: The Air Force’s Last Propellor Plane
By the Vietnam War, the A-1 was technologically outdated, yet still effective. The U.S. military has long relied upon jet engines for its fighter and attack aircraft. As early as ...