1941

From last week: https://theaviationgeekclub.com/legendary-fighter-pilot-and-first-us-ace-of-the-vietnam-war-randy-duke-cunningham-passed-away/ https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/randy-duke-cunningham-vietnam-war-hero-convicted-accepting-125115035 Rest In Peace :(

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This is the last of the surviving designs in the series that ended with the Midway Class Carriers. Dating from September 1941, it's an enlarged version of the 'Scheme D' design (45,000 tons vs 28,000 tons), like the 'Scheme A' design, and the eventual Midway Class this ship is too wide to fit...

A while back I posted the first two design proposals for what emerged as the Midway Class Aircraft Carriers. Unfortunately the preliminary drawings for the third proposal ('Scheme C') don't appear to have survived, but those for the fourth proposal which dates from July 1941 do. This is a 28,000...

Couldn't find a thread on this so here goes: In March 1938 the Air Staff put together a paper that described an ideal bomber, and then a few months later specification B.19/38 was produced which indicated that the bomber would have a strong defensive armament of eight 20mm “shell-firing gun”...

Hi, here is the early drawing to Vultee V-72 Vengeance dive bomber,it was two seat single engined full cantilever low-wing monoplane with twin tail surface,that was in 14 may 1941. From the book; The Vultee Vengeance dive bomber,by Peter C. Smith