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Vintage WW2-era US Navy plane flies from US to UK for series of VE Day events   

Aerotime

Operated by the Dallas-Fort Worth Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) and based in Lancaster in the US state of Texas, the aircraft arrived at the Imperial War Museum (IWM) airfield at Duxford near Cambridge, UK, on Monday, April 28 April 2025, after its approximately 4,800-mile (7,680km) ferry flight from Texas.

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Bomber Camp

Plane and Pilot

Power is turned into thrust by three-bladed Hamilton Standard constant speed, full-feathering propellers. For ferry flights, two 410-gallon tanks could be installed in the bomb bay, giving the bomber a 3,400-mile range. The tail gunner manned twin.50s, The R-1820 was one of the most widely used engines of the era.

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National Air and Space Museum Prepares for a New WWII Gallery

Vintage Aviation News

On July 25, 1944, Darbois took this Bf 109G-6 (Werknummer 160756 ‘Yellow 4’ of Jagdgeschwader 4) on a formation ferry flight over northern Italy. This version of the famed Wildcat fighter was in fact identical to the Grumman-built F4F-4 but with four.50

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