lewis11777
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I have read some articles calling the Vindicator's torpedo bombers but I can't find any evidence that these ever did carry torpedo's. Anyone have any solid history on these?
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SB2U Vindicator - Torpedo's
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Not in the Pacific
As you can read here: only bombing attacks are recorded: http://www.microworks.net/pacific/aviation/sb2u_vindicator.htm
Remco C
As you can read here: only bombing attacks are recorded: http://www.microworks.net/pacific/aviation/sb2u_vindicator.htm
Remco C
lewis11777
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Thanks guys, pretty much sums up what I have read.
ndicki
Charter Member 2016
The Royal Navy did believe briefly that the Chesapeake was a torpedo-bomber, but only briefly. For once, reality asserted itself before the Admiralty got anybody killed trying to find out the hard way. In fact, reality asserted itself so effectively that as far as I can tell, it was never deployed operationally on any ship for any reason. Given that the Fleet Air Arm was still using the Stringbag, that is eloquent in itself.
I wonder if they asked for their money back. So much of the American kit on offer early in the war turned out to be somewhat under par compared to the advertising.
The Chesapeake, Mohawk, Caribou, Lightning, Fortress and Thunderbolt were all rejected by the RAF in one way or another, partially or completely. Interestingly though, the Vengeance and the Martin light bombers which were refused by the USAAF, won themselves a decent reputation in the Middle and Far East with the RAF and RAAF...
I wonder if they asked for their money back. So much of the American kit on offer early in the war turned out to be somewhat under par compared to the advertising.
The Chesapeake, Mohawk, Caribou, Lightning, Fortress and Thunderbolt were all rejected by the RAF in one way or another, partially or completely. Interestingly though, the Vengeance and the Martin light bombers which were refused by the USAAF, won themselves a decent reputation in the Middle and Far East with the RAF and RAAF...