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Photo WW2 Navy CBs With Dead Japanese Pilot Or Paratrooper?


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easterneagle87

There looks to be a ribbed item around the body. I think this is a "flotation device" , so I think he is a pilot.

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The Rooster

Thanks Ron very interesting.

 

Has anyone ever seen this photo before?

 

Ive seen it and I read somewhere a while back that that aircraft was studied heavily and some of the thngs they learned from it were incorporated into the design of the Grumman f6f hellcat.

The replacement for the Wildcat.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akutan_Zero

 

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220px-Akutan_Zero_in_San_Diego.jpg
Eddie Sanders taxiing the plane after its first test flight, September 20, 1942

Data from the captured Zero had been transmitted to the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics (BuAer) and Grumman Aircraft. After careful study, Roy Grumman decided that he could match or surpass the Zero in most respects, except in range, without sacrificing pilot armor, self-sealing tanks and fuselage structure. The new F6F Hellcat would compensate for the extra weight with additional power.[27][28]

 

 

Theres much more in the wiki article

 

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" While the captured Zero's tests did not drastically influence the Hellcat's design,[42] they did give knowledge of the Zero's handling characteristics, including its limitations in rolling right and diving.[43] That information, together with the improved capabilities of the Hellcat, were credited with helping American pilots "tip the balance in the Pacific".[34] "

 

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