Tag: aeroplane
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Grumman Avenger in British Service
Grumman Avenger in British Service Initially called the Tarpon when in British Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm service, the Grumman Avenger was renamed along with other US Navy aircraft to adopt US names for American built aircraft. The first 402 Grumman TBF-1s delivered were designated Tarpon GR.I (later changed to Avenger), 334 General Motors built Read more
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Hunter Warbirds Aviation Museum
Hunter Warbirds Aviation Museum Located in the Upper Hunter town of Scone, and opened in March 2022, Hunter Warbirds is Australia’s newest aviation museum. Designed to house aircraft and display them to visitors in the best possible way it’s a modern state of the art museum. By car Hunter Warbirds is 300km north of Sydney Read more
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Grumman Hellcats of 1840 Naval Air Squadron
Grumman Hellcats of 1840 Naval Air Squadron No. 1840 NAS formed on March 1st 1944 at RNAS Burscough as a single seater fighter squadron equipped with 10 Hellcat Is. A large proportion of the squadron pilots were Dutch, mainly from the Royal Netherlands Navy Air Service. 1840 NAS operated from HMS Furious for Operation Mascot, a strike Read more