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  2. de Havilland Hornet - Wikipedia

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    The Sea Hornet PR.22 was a dedicated photo reconnaissance aircraft version of the F.20. The cannon were removed and the apertures faired over. Three cameras were installed in the rear fuselage: two F.52s for night use and one K.19B for day.

  3. USS Hornet (CV-8) - Wikipedia

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    USS Hornet (CV-8), the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name, was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy.. During World War II in the Pacific Theater, she launched the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo and participated in the Battle of Midway and the Buin-Faisi-Tonolai raid.

  4. List of aircraft of World War II - Wikipedia

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    List of aircraft of Germany in World War II; List of aircraft of Japan, World War II; List of aircraft of Poland during World War II; List of aircraft of the Red Army Air Forces; List of Regia Aeronautica aircraft used in World War II; List of aircraft of the United Kingdom in World War II; List of aircraft of the United States during World War II

  5. Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse - Wikipedia

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    The RAF Museum's Me 410, with the doors of its nose bomb-bay open, 2016 The RAF Museum's Me 410 with the engines and the outer-wings removed, 2020. The principal difference between the Me 210 and Me 410 was the adoption of the larger (at 44.5 litres, 2,720 cu in displacement) and more powerful Daimler-Benz DB 603A engines.

  6. List of RAF squadron codes - Wikipedia

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    The squadron code is usually presented along with an individual letter or character to form a call sign for the particular aircraft. Location of the call sign combination has usually been on the rear fuselage next to the RAF roundel. In instances when an unusually large numbers of aircraft comprise the squadron, multiple squadron codes have ...

  7. This WW2 Aircraft Carrier Went Beyond the Call of Duty - AOL

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    An aircraft carrier, the Enterprise, shot down 911 enemy aircraft and sank 71 ships. It also damaged or destroyed another 192 ships and was vital in the Doolittle Raids.

  8. 80 years ago, he survived sinking of USS Hornet. Fresno-area ...

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    Bob Cole, 100, stands near a model of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8), on which Cole served, on the 80th anniversary of the sinking of the ship, while visiting the Veterans Memorial Museum ...

  9. List of aircraft of the United Kingdom in World War II

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    de Havilland Hornet (RAF) twin engine fighter; de Havilland Sea Hornet (FAA) twin engine fighter; de Havilland Vampire (RAF) jet fighter prototype; Fairey Spearfish (FAA) torpedo/dive bomber; General Aircraft Fleet Shadower (RAF) maritime patrol; Martin-Baker M.B.5. General Aircraft GAL.47 (RAF) Army cooperation; General Aircraft GAL.55 (RAF ...