Unknown plane in an unknown ocean
Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:57 pm
I'm sure someone knows though!
Got this via e-mail as part of a Powerpoint file of "amazing photos." Anyone know more or have a photo credit?
Got this via e-mail as part of a Powerpoint file of "amazing photos." Anyone know more or have a photo credit?
Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:07 pm
Really cool shot... thanks for posting.... looks decidedly Grumman to me... an Avenger, perhaps?
Cheers,
Richard
Cheers,
Richard
Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:18 pm
RMAllnutt wrote:Really cool shot... thanks for posting.... looks decidedly Grumman to me... an Avenger, perhaps?
Cheers,
Richard
Could it be a Spitfire?
There is more than a hint of an eliptical wing there, however the tips are either missing or a clipped wing version if it was.
Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:25 pm
Avenger was my first impression.
Mudge the eagle eye
Mudge the eagle eye
Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:26 pm
AndyG wrote:Could it be a Spitfire?
I was thinking the same thing, looks very Spitfire-ish (Seafire?). Or maybe a Firefly?
Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:32 pm
Mudge wrote:Avenger was my first impression.
Mudge the eagle eye
Ailerons too big and in wrong place, leading edge taper should be approximately the same as the trailing edge and the wing span is too small. Should be a marked parallel chord root section if it was an Avenger.
The top of the fuselage could be fairly rotted making it look like there is a longer cockpit than there was.
OK chaps the floor is open.
Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:54 pm
OK...I see what you mean by the leading edge taper. I withdraw my first impression. A second will follow shortly.
Mudge the malleable
Mudge the malleable
Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:03 pm
For me the wing edge is too straight to be a spit. Just my 2 cent...
Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:09 pm
Closer look.
Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:21 pm
Not a Spitfire or Seafire. 
PeterA
PeterA
Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:52 pm
MAYBE P-40 ?
Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:03 pm
PeterA wrote:Not a Spitfire or Seafire.
PeterA
Interesting, can you give us a hint why not?
If not, could the clue lay in the apparent missing panels on the wings? Might they be gun panel covers missing?
Would the lack of visible Ailerons point to fabric covered surfaces long since consumed?
Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:00 pm
looks like a Kingfisher to me
Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:14 pm
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver?
Mystery Plane
Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:16 pm
One person suggested a P-40 which could then suggest a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver which had a similar wing. TBY and SB2A are also possibilities
Also, where was his photo taken ? Hawaii, Bahamas, Caribbean...??
Also, where was his photo taken ? Hawaii, Bahamas, Caribbean...??