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A Seagull V-1 floatplane takes off from the catapult of the Australian heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra during an exercise. October 19, 1939
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A Seagull V-1 floatplane takes off from the catapult of the Australian heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra during an exercise. October 19, 1939
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Colorized photo from the time capturing the days of a "Type 0 Reconnaissance Seaplane" parked on Shortland Island during the Greater East Asia War. (*・∀・)ゞ #大日本帝国海軍 #零式観測機 #ショートランド #カラー復元
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Fairey Swordfish floatplane, with HMW Hood and HMS Glowworm in Gibraltar, 1938.
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Swordfish I K5662 at the Marine Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment (MA&AEE) at Felixtowe in August 1936 carrying a dummy 1,650 lb torpedo.
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Prototype Suisei. A reconnaissance attack aircraft developed by the Imperial Japanese Navy toward the end of the Pacific War. Designed as a highly compact special aircraft for deployment from the "I-400-class submarines" with the purpose of launching surprise attacks after takeoff from submarines. It met the end of the war before formal adoption as a military aircraft, so the name with the prefix "prototype" indicating the development stage became its final official designation.
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February 19, 1942, 18:20
Central Pacific Naval Operations
The commander of the South Seas Force issued an order for the 17th Air Group and the floatplanes of Cruiser Division 6 to conduct search operations.
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A Supermarine Walrus spotter-reconnaissance aircraft is stowed into a hangar aboard HMS King George V, March 1941. This flight was the first front-line Fleet Air Arm unit fitted with Air-to-Surface Radar, the Walrus being used for both gunnery spotting and reconnaissance.
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British film and radio actress Jean Capra (real name Jean Leslie Gabrielle Capra, 1916-1991) poses for a photo on a Supermarine Walrus reconnaissance floatplane at Royal Naval Air Station Twatt in the Orkney Islands. January 14, 1944.
Capra was one of the actresses in the then-popular BBC radio play "It's That Man Again." As part of the play's cast, she toured northern British naval and naval air bases.
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