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• naa
• aviation
• northamericanaviation
• aircraft
• airplane
• militaryaviation
• mustang
• p51
• northamericanp51
• northamericanmustang
• northamericanp51mustang
• p51mustang
• rollsroyce
• rr
• rollsroycemerlin
• merlin
• merlinengine
• packard
• packardmerlin
• v1650
• packardv1650merlin
• packardv1650
• usaaf
• p51d

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• American Aviation Historical Society 22 photos & illustrations
• Florida Memory 5 photos & illustrations
• NASA on The Commons 4 photos & illustrations
• Provincial Archives of Alberta 2 photos & illustrations
• U.S. National Archives 2 photos & illustrations
• SMU Libraries Digital Collections 1 photo / illustration

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North American, FJ-3, Fury

from SDASM Archives

• AceFlyboy1 said:

  North American FJ-3 Fury 135837? VF-154 ‘Grand Slammers’. Code H of CVG-15 (Carrier Air Group 15) side number 405. In overall gloss midnight blue. October 1956 change of command ceremony at NAS Moffett Field CA. Between July 1955 & July 1957 VF-154 flew the FJ-3 Fury. The squadron missed its deployment with CVG-15 on CVA-18 USS Wasp due to compressor problems with the FJ-3s engines It then transitioned to the Navy's first operational supersonic carrier aircraft, the F8U-1 Crusader.

North American, FJ-3, Fury

from SDASM Archives

• AceFlyboy1 said:

  North American FJ-3 Fury’s of VF-211 ‘Red Checkertails’. 1956-1957 aboard CVA-31 USS Bon Homme Richard. Using the then tailcode ‘G’ of Carrier Air Group 21 (CVG-21) Side numbers 116 & 120. First flying the FJ-3 Fury, VF-211 was re-established at NAS Moffett Field in June 1955. During 1957-1958 it swopped over to the supersonic F8U-1 Crusader. From March 1959, VF-211 was renumbered to VF-24 and remained so until being disestablished in August 1996. Carrier Air Group 21 was established in July 1955. After complete modernisation and rebuild, CVA-31 USS Bon Homme Richard recommissioned on 6 September 1955 and began the first of a long series of 7th Fleet deployments on 16 August 1956 with CVG-21 embarked. Between 16 Aug 1956 & 28 February 1957, CVG-21 code ‘G’, deployed aboard USS Bon Homme Richard with FJ-3 equipped VF-211.

Desert Warrior-01

from SDASM Archives

• Eagle0025 said:

  The Desert Warrior was North American B-25C, s/n 41-12860, that was assigned to the 81st BS, 12th BG, 9th AF. She took part in operations from El Alamein across Africa through Sicily. The ship flew 73 combat missions, dropped over 83 tons of bombs, shot down 3 enemy fighters, and accrued 191 combat hours. To reclamation June 21, 1946.