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  2. de Havilland Hornet - Wikipedia

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    The de Havilland DH.103 Hornet, developed by de Havilland, is a fighter aircraft driven by two piston engines. It further exploited the wooden construction techniques that had been pioneered by the de Havilland Mosquito .

  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. De Havilland Mosquito - Wikipedia

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    The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engined, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War.Unusual in that its airframe was constructed mostly of wood, it was nicknamed the "Wooden Wonder", [4] or "Mossie".

  5. USS Hornet (CV-12) - Wikipedia

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    USS Hornet (CV/CVA/CVS-12) is an Essex-class aircraft carrier built for the United States Navy (USN) during World War II.Completed in late 1943, the ship was assigned to the Fast Carrier Task Force (variously designated as Task Force 38 or 58) in the Pacific Ocean, the navy's primary offensive force during the Pacific War.

  6. 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.

  7. VT-8 - Wikipedia

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    Torpedo Squadron 8 (VT-8) was a United States Navy squadron of World War II torpedo bombers. VT-8 was assigned initially to the air group of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet, joining the ship shortly after her commissioning in October 1941. After heavy losses in the Battle of Midway, VT-8 was assigned to USS Saratoga.

  8. McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet - Wikipedia

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    The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is an all-weather supersonic, twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole combat aircraft, designed as both a fighter and attack aircraft (hence the F/A designation). Designed by McDonnell Douglas and Northrop , the F/A-18 was derived from the latter's YF-17 in the 1970s for use by the United States Navy and ...

  9. List of STOL aircraft - Wikipedia

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    A typical purpose-designed light STOL aircraft, the Zenith STOL CH 701 This is a list of aircraft which are classified as having Short Takeoff and Landing, or STOL , characteristics. The STOL class excludes vertical takeoff and landing ( VTOL ) types, rotorcraft , aerostats and most light aircraft .