Vought Chesapeake

France had placed an order for 50 V-156-Fs in March 1940, with delivery planned from March 1941. Following the defeat of France, this order was taken over by the British government for use by the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm, who named the aircraft the Chesapeake. Fourteen Chesapeakes were used to equip a reformed 811 Naval Air Squadron on 14 July 1941. However, it was decided that the Chesapeakes were underpowered for the planned duties and would not be able to lift a sensible payload from small escort carriers. Accordingly, they were withdrawn from service.

Photographs of scale models of the Vought Chesapeake can be found here.