![]() USMC O-1s flown from USS Princeton (LPH-5)įirst takeoff from ship, from USS Birmingham. The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM 1 for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) is an American World War II -era torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and eventually used by several air and naval aviation services around the world. VNAF landing on USS Midway during Fall of Saigon. Sales demo flights aboard HMS Hermes įree French recruiters flew from HMS Ark Royal ![]() List of aircraft operated from aircraft carriers Typeįirst tri-gear landing, on HMS Pretoria Castle įirst flight from moving ship, HMS Vindex Helicopters includes only those regularly operated from aircraft carriers and not those normally flown from other types of surface ships or land bases. This List of carrier-based aircraft covers fixed-wing aircraft designed for aircraft carrier flight deck operation and excludes aircraft intended for use from seaplane tenders, submarines and dirigibles. After earning two battle stars and ferrying soldiers and aircraft in the European and Pacific theaters of World War II, it was downed by Japanese torpedoes while transporting reinforcements. Dunning makes the first landing of an aircraft on a moving ship, a Sopwith Pup on HMS Furious, August 2, 1917. ![]()
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