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development were needed and this
was proven at the Battle of Midway
where 35 out of 41 torpedo bombers
were lost — without scoring one hit!
Even with this dismal record, thewere also changing. When dropped
at low altitude and slow airspeed,
the torpedo would sometimes run
on the surface of the ocean — or
not run at all. Constant changes andLATEST FROM
PLANETAGS
Through the goodwill of Bob Hammer
and Legend Flyers, PlanesTags has
acquired “skin” from the Mitsubishi
Hamp restoration to create an exclusive
run of “tags” for the company’s popular
series of aviation collectibles. As one
can imagine, anything coming from
a WWII Japanese fighter with an
extensive combat history is quite rare
and these tags should soon become
collector’s items.NAVY’S Mk. 13 AERIAL
TORPEDO
I could not believe all the new
material on the Martin B-26 in the
July issue. Great stories and kudos to
Dave Pawski and the folks at MAPS
for making the replica Mk. 13 to go
with their Marauder restoration. As
noted, the Mk. 13 was the Navy’s
most common aerial torpedo but it
was a weapon plagued by that service’s
changing requirements. During
the early days of the war, tactics for
successfully launching the Mk. 13H H H H H H H H H AIRLINES H AIRLINES H AIRLINES H AIRLINES H AIRLINES H AIRLINES H AIRLINES H AIRLINES H AIRLINES H AIRLINES H
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