ID this aircraft?

TomD

TomD

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I was in the storage area of the Naval Air Museum (non-public accessible) when I found this. Thought I was pretty good with WWII aircraft but drew a blank on this. I've since found it, do you recognize it? Hint: not B25 or B26

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PV2 Harpoon.

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B-25 and B-26 are Army designations, BTW. Not United States Navy.:cool:

Ray
 
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TomD said:
Pretty good. Did the USN operate 25's and 26's?
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The PBJ-1 was the Navy version of the B-25. The Navy did not operate B-26s as far as I know.

I'm former USN. I served on the last of the straight deck carriers, the USS Coral Sea CVA 43. So, Navy is my 3rd favorite interest, right after my wife and kids.

Ray
 
Ray;
Sorry your wrong. It's a PV-2 Harpoon, built by Lockheed. It was built on the electra airframe. John
 
RAY: I apologize. I misread your ans. you were correct. John
 
The Jet is an F2 Fury. It was a Navy version of the F-86 Sabre Jet. That said, in reality, there were few common parts between the two. The Fury was a unique aircraft all unto itself. There are still one or two still flying in private hands.

Bob
 
The Navy did have a few Martin B-26s ,They were called JMs. Also the FJ picture is of a FJ-4
 
Tom,
I will be in Pensacola the first of May for a VS-29 Reunion . The group will be going to the Naval Aviation Museum to see the Blue Angles. We were there 2 years ago and the Museum people there were very nice. This year is the 100th year of Naval Aviation.
John AX3
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Fla mac said:
Tom,
I will be in Pensacola the first of May for a VS-29 Reunion . The group will be going to the Naval Aviation Museum to see the Blue Angles. We were there 2 years ago and the Museum people there were very nice. This year is the 100th year of Naval Aviation.
John AX3
Mims, Fl
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If you haven't seen the museum recently, you are in for a treat because a major expansion was just finished. Even with the expansion there are acres of aircraft with no room to display just sitting out behind the hangars, like the PV-2. The Pensacola museum is world class and even close to the very top of that category.

One aircraft there is the last surviving aircraft to take part in the Battle of Midway (actual aircraft, not just type), a Douglas SBD dive bomber.

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Louie - I was on the Coral Sea in the early 1950s. I was part of the skeleton crew that took her around the Horn in early 1957, to Bremerton, where she was de-commissioned and coverted to an angled deck.

In early 1955 the Coral Sea carried a squadron of FJ2 Furys. I think that was the last year they were used off a carrier. After that, most of the jets had nuclear capabilities, such as F9F Cougars.
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Ray
 
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TomD said:
I was in the storage area of the Naval Air Museum (non-public accessible) when I found this. Thought I was pretty good with WWII aircraft but drew a blank on this. I've since found it, do you recognize it? Hint: not B25 or B26
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It is obviously a variant of a Lockeed Loadstar. The Douglas equivalent was the DC-3. We called then 'pregnant guppies"!!
 
TomD said:
I was in the storage area of the Naval Air Museum (non-public accessible) when I found this. Thought I was pretty good with WWII aircraft but drew a blank on this. I've since found it, do you recognize it? Hint: not B25 or B26

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without a good side shot I can't say for sure, but it's either a PV1 1/2, or a PV2. The gun pack looks like it was a field mod as the others were flaired in like the plane in the second photo. Looks more like a repainted RCAF bird. The Army used an "A" designation for them; like A29.
gary
 
TomD said:
Pretty good. Did the USN operate 25's and 26's?

What's this?

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without looking at a side shot, I'm gonna say it's a Fury. Similar to an F86 Saber. Some were shiped with strait wings and some had swept wings. There was also a built in ridge line between the rear of the canopy and the tail fin on most of them.
gary
 
jadams said:
Ray;
Sorry your wrong. It's a PV-2 Harpoon, built by Lockheed. It was built on the electra airframe. John
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actually the first verson was called a Hudson, and was designed with the RAF in mind. They had a different turrent (Bolten Paul). These were taken off the Ventura airframe which is a little bigger than the Electra airframe (different wings and engines as well). The PV 1 1/2 was even longer with a plug added about midway between the wings and tail. The PV2 was slightly longer with a longer wing span and different tail fins. The PV1's were the first bombers to bomb the Japanese homeland after the Dolittle Raids, and bombed Japan almost continiously thruout the war. There were many versions. Some with glass noses and some without. Some with no turret and some with.
gary
 
jadams said:
The Navy did have a few Martin B-26s ,They were called JMs. Also the FJ picture is of a FJ-4
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I think the Navy used the short winged B26's, and these were the not so good verson. They also flew some B17's and B24's that had a large tail fin instead of the typical twin tails like most all B24's are known for.
gary
 
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