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Martin Mariner U.S. NAVY'S NEW FAST FLYING BOAT. Described by the U.S. Navy as the fastest flying boat ever built in America, this monster of the skies is shown in a test flight somewhere on the U.S. west coast. The patrol plane, designed for both cargo and combat duty, will go into mass production at a plant in the southern part of the country, two 2,000 horsepower engines power the plane, which is ...

Foto van Dornier Do- 18 G-1 die op het strand ligt. Tekst: 'Een Dornier Do. 18 G-1, code M2+LK, van de Küsten Flieger Gruppe 106 van de Luftwaffe na een noodlanding op het kamp van Schiermonnikoog. Het vliegtuig werd door Nederlandse jachtvliegtuigen tot landen gedwongen in de herfst van 1939 (foto Hr. Onderwater) 13-9-1939 ± 14.30 uur'. Maar het vlieguig landde inwerkelijkheid bij paal 16 op Amel ...

Vliegtuig ( modelbouw) De Short Sunderland " De Short Sunderland was een Britse vliegboot gebouwd door Short Brothers. De Short Sunderland was een militaire doorontwikkeling van de Short S.23 Empire vliegboot. Het was een van de krachtigste en meest gebruikte vliegboten van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Het prototype vloog in oktober 1937."

The best long - range patrole boat in the world that is the rating Peter Masefield, aircraft expert of the London Sunday Times gave the U.S. Consolidated coronada in his listing of the Worlds best 12 warplanes. The flying boat used for transport services as well as long range patrols, is twin ruddered, four engined, and weights 60,000 pounds.

P.B.Y. (Catalina PBY) taking off from Lake Sentani. C.O. is Cmdr. Rynders, C.O. of the Royal Netherlands Navy Airforce. NI 368

U.S. airmen battle Alaska ice. Wading into icy water is just part of a day's work for this U.S. Navy ground crew whose job it is to keep the PBY patrol bombers flying over Alaskan waters on the alert for Japanese. The big flying boat is maneuvred ashore under directions of the pilot, whose head appears just above the star.

Japanese seaplane destroyed by U.S. forces at Saipan. U.S. soldiers look at the wreckage of a four-engined Japanese seaplane caught at Tanapag harbor on Saipan Island, by the bombardment of Allied warships and planes during the landings of U.S. forces on June 14, 1944. U.S. troops routed the Japanese from carefully fortified positions, driving the enemy into a trap on the northern end of the island ...

' An `Underseas Warrior` Gets Off Some Rescue Work At Sea. Not all of the work of the Pacific Fleet's submarines is destructive. At this stage in the war against Japan, when Uncle Sam is sending his airmen over the enemy mainland in steady streams of power and might, the subs have a new job to do. They roam the hostile waters between U.S. held forward areas and the Japanese coast, and working with ...

Album van K. Bron. Het album toont foto's van Amersfoort en Rotterdam waar vandaan hij met de Kota Agoeng naar Engeland vertrekt om een militaire opleiding in Aldershot te volgen. Van hieruit vertrekt Bron met de Kota Inten, via het Suezkanaal, naar Padang, Sumatra, Indonesië.Hij arriveert op 23 december in Padang.Of in maart als hij behoorde bij het 5e Eskadron Pantserwagens. Datering van het album ...

NEW U.S. SUPER CARGO CARRIER NAMED HAWAII MARS''. The seven and half-ton Hawaii Mars, largest U.S. flying boat in operation and first of 20 super-cargo carriers which are to aid in the war against Japan, is shown towering over a twin-engined seaplane. The huge ship was christened on July 21, 1945, near the east coast U.S. City of Baltimore, by Mrs. Dewitt Clinton Ramsey, wife of U.S. Rear Admiral Ramsey. ...

GIANT FLYING BOAT JOINS U.S. NAVY. The 70-ton Martin Mars, world's largest flying boat recently turned over to the U.S. Navy, prepares to take off on a test run. The ship, which can carry a cargo load of more than 15 tons, or 150 men, has flown non-stop more than 4,600 miles. It has a wing spread of 200 feet, and its two-deck hull has the cubic capacity of a 14-room house. Each of the ship's four engines ...

Mogelijk zijn onderstaande beschrijvingen passend bij de foto Foto links boven: Sikorsky S-42. De Sikorsky S-42 was een vliegboot die door de Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation werd gemaakt. De bouw vond plaats in 1934-1935 en alle 10 exemplaren zijn in dienst gekomen bij Pan American World Airways. foto rechts boven: De Boeing 314 'Clipper' was een vliegboot die door Boeing Airplane Company tussen 1938 ...