Naval Legends: History of the US Carrier-borne Aviation. Part 2 | World of Warships

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CV rework arrives in Update 0.8.0. For that occasion we've prepared a special two-part episode about the history of U.S. Naval Aviation.
The second part will tell you about U.S. Naval Aviation during the WWII.
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[@nathanjohnson1853]

"The Avenger was the largest aircraft operated by aircraft carriers in the Pacific" *Jimmy Doolittle mutters angrily in the corner*

[@brdyyt6702]

Ha! That was only for one raid though, so I don't think that really counts as they weren't regular service craft.

[@nathanjohnson1853]

@@brdyyt6702 I'm aware of what he meant.

[@DividedByZeero]

Well if it flew off the deck it was operated by carriers *or carrier since only hornet operated it once* And Shangri La operated a prototype B-25 naval variant

[@thesaltyhotdog3761]

I understand Doolittle. Having to go through hell and then having the others ignore them. RIP

[@nabilahmed317]

@@brdyyt6702 Yrrzzz

[@InternalErrorz]

My Great Grandpa (who is 94) was a Corsair pilot and originally flew the Hellcat in the Pacific. 🇺🇸 (he also was infantry in Korea)

[@BHuang92]

What did he think of the aircrafts he had flown?

[@InternalErrorz]

BHuang92 BHuang92 well he had always wanted to fly the Corsair and was originally in the Navy. They were later told that they could switch to the Marine Corps if they wanted to. My Great Grandpa asked if they had corsairs, they said yes and he became a Marine Corsair pilot. Even to this day he talks about how beautiful of an aircraft it was and that if he was given the chance to fly a Corsair again he would. He was apart of a Corsair documentary called “The Corsair Experience” which I highly recommend checking out although I don’t think it’s on KZbin.

[@suhandatanker]

i salute from malaysia

[@anim8torfiddler871]

I'm guessing he was a Marine pilot, who ended up in a ground unit in Korea. Got MY respect for sure. My dad joined the Navy as a 17-year-old between the wars and ended up handling ordnance on the Hornet (CV-8) starting just before Pearl Harbor. He sailed on the Doolittle Raid and stayed with the ship until it was sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands October '42. Navy put people in all sorts of varied billets. He crewed on a Coronado PB2Y as a bombardier. Ended up staying in 29 years as a mustang. These days it seems like whatever specialty you choose, You do that forever.

[@Ling__Ling__]

Holy shit your great grandfather is badass

[@frosty3693]

I thought I might add info on the F4U. The reason the cockpit was so far back was the result of a armament change during deveolpment. Orignially the cockpit was about 36 inches further forward but the plane only had one .30 and one .50 machine gun mounted over the engine. This was found to be inadequate so those guns were removed and six .50 were put in the wings. This change caused the removal of two wing fuel tanks (75 gallons each I think) They needed to find somewhere to put the fuel since it had to have the fuel. Since fuel needs to be carried somewhere near the center of gravity of the aircraft to eliminate balance problems (weight shift during flight as fuel is used) the only place left was the cockpit space. So the cockpit was moved back and a 128 (?) gallon fuel tank was put in that spot. That created vision problems for the pilot during landings. So fixes were put in (some not confined to the F4U) they were; make the tailwheel system taller, raise the canopy and put in a elevating seat, and eliminate the engine cooling flaps on the top of the cowling. Also the landing gear bounced on hard landings. The fix was to change the valving in the shocks so they would compress normally but would extend slower. (dirt bike lovers know this as changing the comrpession and rebound dampening) Also one wing (left I think) would stall faster than the other causing loss of control at low speeds, like landing. The fix was to install a spoiler (aka screw a piece of 2X4) to the leading edge of the other wing to disrupt the airflow over that wing so they both stalled at the same time so no loss of direction control was lost in a stall. These changes made the aircraft a very good plane that outlived the F6F by quite a bit since it could carry much more ordinace and was used by the fleet untill replaced by the Martin Mauler and the Douglas Skyraider. Odd thing, the wing around the gun ammo area was fabric coverd not metal (I assume it was changed in later models, not that it would had added any protection) and the ammo bays were sometimes hit by enemy guns causing the ammuniton to explode. The planes usually just flew home with the big hole in the wing. A bonus information tidbit. the Pratt and Whitney R 2800 engine ( R= Radial, 2800 = 2800 ci.), in different models, was used in; F4U Corsair, F6F Hellcat, P-47 Thunderbolt, P-61 Blackwidow, F7F Tigercat, F8F Bearcat, Martin B-26 Maurader, Douglas A-26 Invader ( the A-26 was changed to B-26 post war after the Martin planes were removed from inventory, AKA blown-up on the european bases), Martin PBM (seaplane), Curtiss C-46 Commando ( a transport bigger than the C-47), Lockheed PV-1/PV-2( patrol bomber) and a few other minor prototypes.

[@coderbert3996]

Frosty I’ve got a hole in my left wing!

[@Miatacrosser]

They also sloped the nose down for visibility, just like what was mentioned about the F4F, after the prototype was flight tested. All racers of any wheeled vehicles know about compression and rebound.

[@build2270]

W a s t i n g M y T i m e

[@Slaktrax]

You forgot to mention the fact that the US Navy rejected the F4U for carrier ops. Hence it being issued to the Marines and used from land bases. The modifications you mention were all done by the Brit Navy who desperately needed a carrier fighter at the time and fitted the malcom-type cockpit hood, cured the bounce in the oleos, raised the tailwheel etc. Only then did the US Navy accept it. At least give credit where credit is due and tell the whole picture. Though the F4U was never a great deck lander even with all the mods. ALL single seat radial engined aircraft had the cooling gills removed from the top of the engine cowlings. It was simply to stop oil leaking from the engine and splattering onto the front of the cockpit.

[@CoffeeMug2828]

Japan: Sinks an entire fleet in Pearl Harbor using air crafts US: Annihilated the entire Japanese combined fleet mostly using air crafts.

[@aurorathearcticwolf4243]

*FREEDOM INTENSIFIES*

[@cardiv5zuikaku944]

4/6 of Kido Butai to be precise and some Heavy Cruiser, because combined fleet still there.

[@geronimoatag2169]

Thats What You Call Air Power

[@hahahahatv7939]

Took them 4 years

[@808INFantry11X]

Submarines too played a role they Killed the Shokaku and the Taiho. It just goes to show the role combined arms plays in future wars. It's not going to be one factor that wins wars it will be a combination of factors that determines victory.

[@matthewgilleland4240]

I cannot for the life of me find the piece of music you play when giving the technical characteristics of the planes and ships you feature in this series, i needs it

[@fungusamongus69420]

11:16 "4FU Corsairs"

[@WinchesterMod94]

Lol didn't notice that, the prop is also turning backwards on its animation.

[@NamNguyen-bw8zo]

Bruh 4FU corsairs is ✋

[@tomsbasement4884]

The Wildcat pilots used the "Thatch Weave" technique for dealing with the zeros. It is a beam defense tactic developed by a combat naval aviator John S Thatch from his experiences fighting them. Very effective until the new Hellcats were deployed.

[@JoseJimenez-sh1yi]

The hellcat still use this tactic

[@zoidcore6948]

Naval legends is great and all. Don’t get me wrong, it’s amazing. But please feature other nation other than USN and RN. I don’t care if you can’t visit a museum ship or the ship is sunk, you have Godlike computer graphics. Do the mushashi, bismarck, or roma.

[@brandondaway1]

Bismarck and Roma i get but why mushi

[@AnhTrieu90]

Patient, grasshopper. They'll get to it. They did the Mushashi already.

[@slycat6586]

It is who has money. (u s) player so us ships

[@belladesa91]

Yeah a documentary bout my Roma would be nice. My nation had a good navy but few know that

[@la_potat6065]

They did the Musashi - however they just used the Yamato for the clips - to obviously save time money and effort in having to do it all again. They did the exact same for this vid as well...

[@muwatallis]

SBD: "Slow But Deadly". Also, pity that there's no mention of SB2C Helldiver :(

[@IvanaTwinkle]

Mentioned at 15:40. The presentation of it was probably cut out in editing.

[@903strikerunit]

SB2C aka "son of a bitch 2nd class"

[@melt6894]

This is the pacific theater and theater

[@benn454]

@Nolan Hafler-Burns Why would they mention British or German planes on a video about US Naval aviation. The US Navy never operated them.

[@cain_chamomille]

@Nolan Hafler-Burns That should be in whole different video since US Navy didn't commish Me-262, Me-162 and British Meteor.

[@ayayaybamba3445]

I'm kinda sad they just brushed over the Corsair, it's my favorite plane. They didn't even mention its nickname: "Whistling Death"

[@aurorathearcticwolf4243]

The whistle is caused by airflow over the gun ports the P-51D did the same thing just not as loud

[@frosty3693]

It saw only limited carrier operations in relation to the Hellcat. The nickname Whistling Death was the Japanese gound forces name for the aircraft.

[@baronofrhodes1185]

They also neglected to mention the Black Sheep and Pappy Boyington.

[@Slaktrax]

That's a myth. It's more common nickname was ''Ensign Eliminator'' or ''Bent Winged Bird.''

[@Weisior]

It looks super cool

[@alexhurlbut]

A nitpick about the Avenger: early models had 1 .303 instead of 2x .50 and it was NOSE mounted. When they switched from that to 2 x .50 MGs, the 2 MGs were placed in the wings near the root. Not in the nose.

[@redalertsteve_]

The Corsair was like the warthog before the actual warthog

[@Straswa]

Awesome vid Warships team! I still like the TBD Devastator despite its obsolescence. Was hoping for more coverage of said warbird.

[@leehongjin6884]

Wow, this video introduced me to another plane I would never heard of, the F8F Bearcat

[@aurorathearcticwolf4243]

It's in War Thunder as a rank 4 fighter there are 2-3 variants lol (I don't have it myself)

[@leehongjin6884]

@@aurorathearcticwolf4243 Nice... I main German vehicles only... Looking at the Pz III M, Pz IVF2, Ju 87, Fw190

[@andrewandpat3321]

Seen it flying with the Warbirds Collection. Holy heck, it's powerful.

[@leehongjin6884]

@@andrewandpat3321 Nice... How does it fare against a 262?

[@dharmdevil]

@@leehongjin6884 the earlist 262 vs the latest f8f, good enough. bearcat is a monster under the right hands, and 262 is the first jet of germans so lots of noobs flying it. in a dive bearcat can easily catch 262.

[@theflyingbrick387]

I really liked this video. And it seems they showed the planes in order of introduction. Starting with the VE-7 they mentioned almost every evolution of propeller plane in my opinion except the Grumann F3F. Also, every fighter plane in this series replaced the previous fighter plane. If you are interested I have a list of US navy fighters from the VE-7 to today Vought VE-7: 1922-1927 Curtiss F6C Hawk: 1927-1930 Boeing F4B: 1930-1938 Grumann F3F: 1936-1943 (This plane was once of the fastest biplanes ever made and one of the most advanced bi planes, also the last bi plane) Grumann F4F Wildcat: 1940-1945 Grumann F6F Hellcat: 1943- to the end of WW2 I imagine... Vought F4U Coarsair: 1942-1953 (Saw action in korean War) Jets... The first jet was the Mc Donnel FH Phantom which was the first ever US Navy Jet fighter but didnt really see service, it was a test jet kind of... The next one was the Mc Donnel F2H Banshee, which replaced the F4U, it saw service in korea 1948-1959 Grumann F9F Panther: similar to the F2H Banshee... Grumann F9 Cougar: 1952-1974. This was the first swept wing US Navy jet, and it was a version of the F9F Panther. Mc Donnel F4 Phantom II: 1960-1974. This plane replaced all F9F's and F2H's I think... It was in Vietnam. First on this list to go faster than the Speed of sound, It could Actually go mach 2 Everyones favourite... The Grumann F14 Tomcat: 1974-2006. This replaced the F4 Phantom and has been in a lot of the more modern middle eastern conflicts I assume... More Modern Jets... F/A-18 Hornet: 1984-Now. I think its slowly being Retired and replaced by the next jet F/A-18 SUPER Hornet: 1999-Now. This is what the US Navy uses mostly now. Basically the most up to date jet F-35 Lightning II (Navy Variant). Kind of a failure but worth mentioning... 2006-Now. Probably wont replace the Super Hornet. Summary List: Vought VE-7: 1922-1927 Curtiss F6C Hawk: 1927-1930 Boeing F4B: 1930-1938 Grumann F3F: 1936-1943 Grumann F4F: 1940-1945 Grumann F6F: 1943-1945 Vought F4U Coarsair: 1942-1953 McDonnell FH Phantom: 1947-1949 McDonnel F2H Banshee: 1948-1959 Grumann F9F Panther: 1947-1958 Grumman F9F Cougar: 1952-1974 McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II: 1960-1987 Grumann F-14 Tomcat: 1974-2006 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet: 1984-Present McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Super Hornet: 1999-Present and In service right now. Hey! You got to the bottom, you must be really interested. I know there are hundreds of other US navy planes that served at the same time as these like the F2A Buffalo, or FJ-3 Navy Sabre. But if you pick any year between the first navy plane and now, at least one of those planes was in service. Most of the other planes were either prototypes, or planes that were not produced much. I also know there are other types of navy planes, like Rescue planes, Torpedo Bombers, Dive bombers, Radar planes, Electronic Warefare, Cargo and then the planes of Marines, Airforce, General Aviation and Civilian stuff and different nations, but this is just US navy fighters Thanks for reading I guess. I may have got some things wrong but that's the timeline of US navy FIGHTERS from 1922 to 2019

[@thomaswilson3437]

Excellent production, but I'm always a little irritated by the assertions that the U.S. Navy was somehow ignorant of the impacts of air operations to Naval Combat, like Dept of the Navy were all a bunch of Battleship idiots. The Fleet that eventually defeated the Japanese Empire was already being laid down prior to 1940. The Essex class carrier was already under construction. The Fletcher class destroyers, perhaps the most effective naval weapon of the war was also already being built, the first one joining the Fleet a mere 5 Mos after Pearl harbor (175 would eventually serve), The Gato class submarine was again, already under production. Where the Navy could legitimately be criticized was tardiness in actually developing the techniques for fighting a large carrier Task Force, something the Japanese had already implemented. That being said, by 1943 the IJN had already forgotten it's own lessons, while USN was well on its way to perfecting those same techniques. I will say this though...it is interesting how an on-line game producer does a far better job of teaching military history than many other institutions.

[@USS_Grey_Ghost]

They forgot to mention the F4FU Wildcat which was a version with a more powerful engine making it faster and more effective

[@cardiv5zuikaku944]

the F2M (or was it FM2? kinda forgot)

[@cardiv5zuikaku944]

@Jon Petrangelo i see, thanks

[@MG3Super]

7:08 the 12.7s on the TBM are in the wings not in the nose, and the bombs are carried in the bomb bay same as the torpedo.

[@frosty3693]

No, I believe the there were no guns in the wings of the TBM, or TBF depending on who built it. (TBF F means Gruman, TBM M means General Motors) Most of the TBM production was transfered to GM so Gruman could built more fighters. There was actually a TBF sent to GM that was not assembled with rivets but with quick release fasteners so the factory could take it apart and put it back together to help learn how to build them.

[@buddyollieextreme9590]

You're wrong bud

[@ZeGreatStick]

I can’t wait for part three... I hope you will mention some iconic carrier-based fighters like the F-4D Phantom II, the Grumman Panther, and (probably the greatest carrier-borne fighter ever) The F-14D SuperTomcat.

[@洪梓恩-p7z]

Well I hope they can mention the F8U crusader. Another vought-produced unique carrier-born fighter. But first of all...would they made part 3?

[@DarkxOver]

@@洪梓恩-p7z maybe, but i wouldnt get my hopes up

[@hansheden]

"CV rework arrives in Update 0.8.0. For that occasion we've prepared a special TWO_PART episode about the history of U.S. Naval Aviation." That's all folks!

[@brandondaway1]

F8 Crusader is far better than that shetty F4 Phantom.

[@frosty3693]

A better dog fighter perhaps not not as versatile.

[@wramsey2656]

My dad (Commander John W Ramsey USN 1941-63) also flew the F6 Hellcat on his second tour to WESPAC with VF-11 Sundowners on the CV-12 Hornet. A great plane he added two more zeros to his kill list and a Japanese Sea Tender ship. He went on to fight in the Korean War with 2 tours and flew the F9 Panther with the VF-111 Sundowners (2nd tour he was the CO). Love these videos great job!

[@treenoises8009]

the avenger (otherwise known as a handicap flying fortress) is capable of all jobs the Navy needs, even as a AA defense bate

[@imamage]

SBD was my favorite plane in "other game" but nice to see it in WOWs as well :)

[@brandondaway1]

Let me guess WT?

[@HeiggwinieHalberstadt]

Horrible that they forgot to say that the Dauntless SBD carried a much heavier bomb under the belly.

[@Xefender7]

Can you do a documentary about japanese navy as well please ?

[@redalertsteve_]

What Navy?

[@danielphilcox4658]

If you wanna see the Japanese navy just go scuba diving.

[@RetroVzqz9313]

@@redalertsteve_ The 3rd biggest one at the start of WWII That one

[@redalertsteve_]

Richard Retro Vazquez at the start but at the end they didn’t exist

[@RetroVzqz9313]

@@redalertsteve_ Well yeah But it still existed at one point And merits study and coverage on it all the same Bias has no place in matters concerning history

[@vonmillardmanalastas7524]

Where’s the Helldiver?

[@frosty3693]

I think everyone who dealt with them would like to forget them. They were designed to a requirement to fit two on a carrier elevator at a time, the reason they were so short. They were heavy and had poor handling qualities.

[@roiedna4765]

Look like need part 3 and 4

[@oddjob1795]

Helldiver is the replacement for the dauntless and avenger dive and torpedo bombers on the carriers.

[@build2270]

It dived to hell 😈

[@DividedByZeero]

2:35 *give WOWs the option for these graphics*

[@bigsteve6200]

The World's Finest US Naval Aviation !. Outstanding Semper Fi

[@avapuckett4007]

i wish battleships were made today

[@cardiv5zuikaku944]

it kinda useless todays, because high repair cost and resources, also a big floating target

[@aniowaclassbattleship7257]

Give it a millennia and they’ll be a part of our interstellar navy

[@cardiv5zuikaku944]

@@aniowaclassbattleship7257 lol, nice one

[@tsdobbi]

Just why. I mean they were rendered obsolete with carriers and even more so with the advent of ship killing missiles. The only possible use they would have is in shore bombardment. Which again, can already be performed with fighter bombers from CV's.

[@madwolf0966]

Tim but muh superior firepower doctrine!

[@michaelr198]

I like all the aircraft specifications would be nice if they would have also told them in feet and inches as being in the USA we are not familiar with centimeters nor millimeters.

[@JoseJimenez-sh1yi]

Retarded imperial units

[@kagakai7729]

Great and all but please do not introduce a half-baked overhaul into the game before you even take sufficient feedback

[@mahonrirolandolaniohan3284]

I can't wait for the episode about Japanese carrier aviation

[@mithikx]

When I see the F4U I can't help but think of the anecdote where Pappy Boyington would fly around in his Corsair taunting the Japanese to fly up and engage him in a dogfight.

[@RayearthIX]

Great video. Hope to see more like this in the future with great details.

[@mooskkosvlok]

So does this mean we get to look threw the Japanese aircraft development next or German ? :D

[@ahblyat4296]

"Zero can out dive Wildcat" Excuse me WTF

[@keklordgrey4522]

ooooooh that belt buckle at 3:40

[@Shinzon23]

Yay! its been too long!

[@Jacen436987]

corsair was such a bad ass plane.

[@reeddragon5250]

Oh yeah baby, that was the Corsair what I waiting for..

[@mystyle_jm8997]

I wish there's a Documentary of AEW&C (Airborne Early Earning and Control) Aircraft, starting with TBM-3W Avenger AEW&C.

[@ramal5708]

The British really could tame a beast like F4U Corsair for carrier landing.

[@f14tomcata88]

I love gull wings

[@milosjanos5058]

Ahh, F6F and F4U my favourite US NAVY planes.

[@williamsweat2580]

The early narrative is wrong when the idiot says the Zero could out dive the Wildcat! NO WAY! The wildcat was much heavier!

[@mattheuston9363]

william sweat you forgot that the zero has better aerodynamics

[@williamsweat2580]

@@mattheuston9363 I did not say the Wild Cat could out turn or out climb the A6M2 Zero! I said the Narrative was wrong in saying the A6M2 Zero could out dive the Willd Cat! It is fact that it could not!

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

regarding the "lack of carriers". all but 2 of the regular hull essex class carriers were ordered before dec. 7th. at least 5(essex,all classes) were under construction prior to dec 7th.

[@rickklein7792]

Until they discovered the CVEs.

[@arztbesucharzt8143]

What about the tigercat and the helldiver?!

[@Squiddicus2]

This is why you choose the American tech tree in world of warships

[@RENEGADEJon19]

The Zero couldn't out dive a Wildcat. With the Wildcat's extra weight, it could dive better. If the Zero dove too hard, its wings would tear off.

[@michaelspielman4801]

Being in the Navy myself another nick name that Grumman got was never die cats do to the fact that if you fly a cat (Hellcat, Wildcat, Tomcat or the Bombcat) it was assured she would get you home with holes all over than die and crash.

[@rheivenjunoblianda6989]

Great Video! 👍 I'm impressed.

[@iowadragoncountryoutlaw.2429]

Thanks.

[@misterdragon9253]

Honestly, I keep getting a jolt from seeing the planes with glossed steel structures. World of Warships made me think they were made of cardboard.

[@ironwarmonger]

Remember the Bearcat but forgot the Firegball? While never deployed, there was a squadron in training at the end of the war.

[@rickklein7792]

Look up the F7F Tigercat.

[@dawolf7784]

Great video plz do it for all the WW2 aircraft also please include lbs/ mph

[@alanmei2042]

This is an interesting series. I wonder if Wargaming is going to make the history of Japanese Carrier-borne Aviation, that will be interesting seeing different perspectives.

[@mrfilipept1-836]

Zero? 0-0 ALL HAIL LELOUCH!!! Anime(Code Geass)

[@ikethefrontliner5899]

I have been waiting for 5day finally it come!!!!

[@ulfs6875]

great vid

[@rogeralsop3479]

Most interesting.

[@coderbert3996]

RyuZHOU. It’s RyuHOU goddamn it

[@JKirbyD]

1:31 f4f armor: am i a joke to you? Still like this vid 😁

[@thegunman2841]

Did they leave out the Helldiver?

[@ikethefrontliner5899]

Glad they didn't take about the TBD devastator it suck if the American use swordfish not the TBD during battle of midway they would have scored some Toledo hits 😅

[@thesaltyhotdog3761]

The dauntlesses destroyed the japanese carriers at Midway (Gets all the credits) The torpedo bombers who sacrified themselves during the battle : Am I a joke to you?

[@cain_chamomille]

SBD Dauntless : **credited for the sinking of Japanese CVs** TBD Devastator : *Am I a joke to you, little Dauntless!?*

[@joerag6077]

U forgot the part where the Japanese top cover ran out of gas altitude and ammo from murdering the first 3 waves of attacks. We won fair and square...but a bit of luck is acceptable in "far and square" and we had some.

[@panzer_modeler5369]

not a gull wing...an inverted gull wing

[@BloodyEmpire]

Very cool, but kind of weird that they're talking about American planes exclusively using the metric system in both narration and graphics.

[@leehongjin6884]

You forgot to mention the Zero's carburator engine, the same which plagued the Spitfire, and its lack of hydraulic assists resulting it being near impossible to maneuver the plane. It also had a non self sealing fuel tank and also alot easier to light up.

[@frosty3693]

Hydraulic assists were realy not necessary if the control surfaces were of the "ballanced' type. ( for example, the front of the aleron can have an aerodynamic shape with the pivot point further back on the unit rather than at the front so when the control is moved part of the front of the control goes into the airstream on the oposite side than the rear this "ballances" the aerodynamic forces againt the movment making the control inputs lighter.) You are refering to the control forces building up at high speeds. The R-2800 engine is carburatored as well. The Japanese seemed to have the "Samurai" atitude in fighting believing that attack and agressive single combat was more inportant than armor and durability. The A6M was ment to be as light as possible for high performance and long range. There were sacrifices made to acheive this.

[@gzer0x]

they did in fact mention that american planes had self-sealing tanks unlike the zero

[@leehongjin6884]

@Jon Petrangelo The Spitfire had the same carburator engine, the point is, the engine will starve and then flood itself from negative G maneuvers.

[@antr7493]

Is there going to be a third one or are they stopping at thew Jet age?

[@navalbuilder669]

Why SBD Dauntless bomb are mounted under the wings, but not under planes. It should be a dive bomber I think.

[@DennisBell-tz2sb]

Should have mention the F9F just to close out that era.

[@Dennisaj]

The Corsair was the best Navy Fighter. Imagine if the P 51D Mustang was able to land and operate from a carrier.

[@fungusamongus69420]

Look up the ETF-51D test project. Overall verdict was negative due to the lack of ruggedness of water-cooled engine and the lack of landing visibility due to the long nose caused by it. These "Seahorses" were supposed to take off from carriers and escort B-29s all the way to Tokyo, but the USMC gained more islands closer to Japan so regular P-51Ds can already reach Japan by the time ETF-51D carrier trials were carried out.

[@Slaktrax]

US Navy doctrine at the time was air cooled engines only.

[@f14tomcata88]

I got a idea how about if you add more modern ships make sure f4 phantoms might be used

[@dullen2810]

durability: yes.

[@JespeFI]

Funny how they mark that the Avenger TB made its debut in the battle of Midway while not hitting any torpedoes in the battle :D

[@siggywishart8784]

To be fair, there were only 6 Avengers flying with Torpedo 8 squadron at the battle of Midway, and they flew alongside the Devastators and got shot up very badly (5 out of 6 were shot down, and the survivor also didn't bring it's entire crew back alive). Not a large test group to go by.

[@frosty3693]

My understanding was that the Avengers were not carrier based untill after Midway. The Avengers at Midway flew from the island.

[@archiescriven6178]

I know it's about US carrier development but could have at least mentioned the Erick Wincle Brown landed the first jet on a carrier.Just saying

[@GhostyTH]

They didn't mention cannons used on Bearcat It's AN/M2 cannons

[@terrygardner3031]

That's probably because the computer voice couldn't pronounce "Hispano-Suiza"

[@dr_palmtree4734]

Hey World of Warships could you do a Naval Legends of the USS Olympia and the battle of Manila Bay?

[@Gabedudley1]

Show some footage of those twin engine cv planes that i see in your cv remake please🤔🤔

[@HammerDown_Ion]

Don’t forget the USS Texas

[@jezrelcarvellida9572]

Finally

[@infinitificator4629]

Now you gotta make a video about the japanesse development of carriers and planes.

[@killawhale8726]

PT 3 when?

[@meangacha9304]

And the Ara 9 de julio?

[@xenophonBC]

The Avenger carried a single .50 cal in each wing, not in the cowl.

[@jvt_redbaronspeaks4831]

Aces over Pacific.... F8F Bearcat with rockets, goodbye anything on screen.

[@kokutai3331]

Any history video for the Japanese Aviation?

[@desertdanblacksmith1394]

I am by no means a military expert....but my most fav plane is the P51 Mustang......the sleek look was so cool....no mention of it? Prob cause it was not naval based?

[@shadowsayan3454]

"History of the US Carrier-borne Aviation" so yeah no mention since there werent any carrier based P51

[@desertdanblacksmith1394]

I did not see the infamous Dolittle Mission not mentioned? Bombers first deployed from carriers?

[@frosty3693]

Right, not a naval aircraft.

[@desertdanblacksmith1394]

Was it not the first retaliatory strike back?

[@fungusamongus69420]

@@desertdanblacksmith1394 It's a squadron of USAAF (army) aircraft taking off from a navy carrier.

[@dangerouswheatbread1338]

What museum are they at?

[@theculturedone1310]

Part 3 pls

[@mrtencza]

CV's launching jet aircraft. Future Wow project?

[@MazterHuntR]

Actually in WoWS back in the early days, Midway had Jet fighter squadrons available, but is now removed.

[@fungusamongus69420]

@@MazterHuntR ah yes, a fellow comrade from the good ol' days where Midway launches F2H that flew at their IRL stall speed all the time!

[@danielphilcox4658]

"Zero was better in every respect" Umm, no cockpit armor? No self-sealing fuel tanks? 😒

[@RetroVzqz9313]

At the time they really were better As neither of those were considerations The A6M could outgun, outmaneuver and outdistance all its opponents in the PTO Which is is why it was so feared in the early days of the Pacific War

[@MrLeeyihin]

Can you say "horsepower" instead of "HP"..... it feels so weird

[@ironknights7196]

F4U Was on carriers

[@hayatkhan6045]

What about P51 MUSTANG ?

[@USS_Grey_Ghost]

Request can you do a video on Krasny Krym

[@aurorathearcticwolf4243]

Did u come from a Phly Daily video to?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[@kylebell7323]

Are y’all going to do a Japanese one? The zero is my favourite aircraft of ww2

[@aurorathearcticwolf4243]

That flying fuel tank can't pull more than 9 G's without ripping the wings clean off!

[@cardiv5zuikaku944]

my fav is N1K2 Shiden Kai (George) planes that can compete F6F and F4U, even F6F pilots agree with it

[@kylebell7323]

Endurance The Jedi White Wolf if you have to turn that fast against a wildcat or Corsair your doing it wrong

[@southwestvirginiarailfan729]

Why can't you do both imperial & metric measurements, we don't use km, meters, kg etc. I don't want to have to look all that up.

[@indominus7523]

NorfolkSoutherns#1Fan because the majority of the people uses metric lol

[@southwestvirginiarailfan729]

@@indominus7523 Yeah, I know that, but here in the us, we don't alot of the time.

[@xenophonBC]

Also, it's aircraft not aircrafts. Aircraft is already plural.

[@dhk7122]

MIDWAY Need JetAirCrafts

[@panzer_modeler5369]

the wildcat was better in one way it had thicker armor