Month: October 2015

Kawanishi H6 K- Mavis Flying Boat 03

Kawanishi H6K Type 97 “Mavis”

October 7, 2015 PE Matt 5

The Japanese Navy’s requirements for new aircraft in 1934 included a request for a new long-range, multi-engined reconnaissance flying boat capable of patrolling the huge distances of the Pacific Ocean. Kawanishi, building on their experience […]

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Douglas TBD Devastator

October 1, 2015 PE Matt 0

Ordered in 1934 along with a raft of other new carrier bomber aircraft, the Douglas TBD Devastator would go on to be the first all-metal monoplane aircraft flown by the US Navy. The prototype flew […]

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