battle of midway gallery

jrk · 08-18-2005, 02:46 PM

here is my personal gallery of the american aircraft that took part in the battle of midway.

martin b-26 marauder

b-17 flying fortress

douglas tbd deverstator

grumman f4f4 wildcat

vought sikorsky sb2u vindicator

douglas sbd-a-24 dauntless

grumman tbf avenger

consolidated pby catalina

and here are the carriers starting with the americans

uss enterprise

uss hornet

uss yorktown

and heres the japanese carriers

akagi

hiryu

kaga

soryu

sorry meant to put this in earlier.brewster f2a buffalo

when i have more time i,ll get back here with the japanese planes.

Gnomey · 08-18-2005, 03:19 PM

Nice pics jrk!

reddragon · 08-18-2005, 04:48 PM

Yes, very nice!

R Leonard · 08-18-2005, 09:03 PM

Here's my father after the Battle of Midway, photo taken aboard Hornet where most of the VF-3 pilots ended up.

And a shot of him launching from Yorktown on the morning CAP 4 June 42. If you look close you can see the number 13 on the top of the wings.

And not to be a spoiled sport, but your photo of Yorktown is the wrong one. Yours is CV-10, an Essex class carrier. The Yorktown at Midway was CV-5 and the class leader.

Regards,

Rich

evangilder · 08-18-2005, 09:23 PM

Good stuff, Rich! Pretty cool that your dad has a shot of his airplane in the National Archives.

Nonskimmer · 08-19-2005, 06:35 AM

Good pics guys. (sources all around please.

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CV-10 Yorktown is currently docked in Charleston, SC as a memorial. She's in her updated configuration of course, as she was used right up until 1973.

R Leonard · 08-19-2005, 07:23 AM

Sorry about that, all of my photos are USN.

Rich

sunny91 · 08-19-2005, 09:28 AM

good post..

sunny

FLYBOYJ · 08-19-2005, 09:34 AM

Nice stuff rich!

Gnomey · 08-19-2005, 04:34 PM

Yeah nice pics Rich

Wildcat · 08-19-2005, 11:24 PM

Great topic jrk, here are some pics I've had on my computer for ages.

jrk · 08-30-2005, 02:23 PM

thanks for the compliments guys.my sources are ranged from usn to several private photographic collecters.
*slaps forehead really hard.*
yes wildcat sorry to forget about the brave guys in the buffaloes where all but 2 ended up on the scrap heap.and thanks to r.leonard for providing the original yorktown that took part in the battle.glad to see your dads got 4 markings on the side of his wildcat r.leonard

great great stuff(thumbs up)

jrk · 09-07-2005, 05:49 PM

heres my japanese collection which are long overdue.

aichi e13a jake floatplane.
3 were used in the midway campaign for reconnaisance duties.2 were launched from the cruiser chikuma and 1 from the cruiser tone.

mitsubishi f1m pete floatplane
1 used at midway for reconnaisance duties also launched from the cruiser tone

kawanishi e7k1 dave floatplane
1 used at midway for reconnaisance missions launched from the battleship haruna.

yokosuka d4y1 judy
one was used over midway in a reconnaisance role and another was damaged on the way over and had to turn back.

nakajima a6m2-n rufe floatplane
this aircraft did not take any part in the battle.but it is added purely on the grounds of several of these planes were present at midway aboard the seaplane carriers.

mitsubishi a6m2 reisen/zeke

nakajima b5n1 kate

aichi d3a1 val

and theres my battle of midway collection.

Nonskimmer · 09-07-2005, 06:02 PM

Hey, nice!

elmilitaro · 09-07-2005, 06:12 PM

Hey these are probably the best pictures I've seen on any posts that I've been on.