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Jim MacDonald
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Very sobering set of photos of the Nashville.

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Possible accident report for the crash of the two Marine Corsairs?

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Below Bombardier trainers are readied for instruction. The motorized units would simulate the track across the ground that the bombardier used to synchronize the optics in the Norden bombsight.

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Naval aviation cadets check the morning roster for their primary training flights in N2S Yellow Perils, 1942-43.

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Aviation Cadets Receive Primary Flight Training at NAAS, Rodd Field, Corpus Christi, Texas.

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Aviation Cadets leave operations hangar and walk cut to N2Ss for Training Operations at NAS, Corpus Christi, Texas.

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A mix of N2S's and N3N's NAS Corpus Christi.

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Below Bombardier trainers are readied for instruction. The motorized units would simulate the track across the ground that the bombardier used to synchronize the optics in the Norden bombsight.

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Early Stealth fighters?? :drink3: :drink3: :drink3:



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Vice Admiral Patrick N.L. Bellinger, USN, Stands in Center of Large Group of French and American Naval Officers at NAS, Norfolk, Virginia.

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Tail Section of PBJ-1 at East Coast Naval Air Station.

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Scrubbing Planes at NAS Miami, Florida.

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Warming Up NATS R5D on Hickam Field, Honolulu, Hawaii.

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SBDs Fly in Formation Over Caribbean, Protecting Shipping Lanes.

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SB2C Lands on USS Yorktown (CVA-10) with Broken Tail Wheel on Flight Deck as Crewmen Rush to Scene.

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SNJ's at NAS Miami, Florida.

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PB4Y at NAS, Norfolk, Virginia.

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PB2Y and PB4Y Construction at Consolidated Vultee Plant in San Diego, California.

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