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4 July 2023: Illustrations of the bomb bay loading options: http://tailhooktopics.blogspot.com/2023/07/grumman-s2f-bomb-bay.html Steve Ginte...

Note: I've revised this entry in response to a lengthy comment that I have not posted because it contained minor errors, some of which ...

Not too bold a claim, since as far as I know, it's the only one. However, it's got a lot of stuff in it on the F8U-3 and the Grumman...

The Mk 13 torpedo that the Navy used throughout World War II was developed in the early 1930s and placed in service in 1935, when the carrie...