Photo of the week
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This midweeks photo.
And a couple of shots of a Messerschmitt Bf-110 heavy fighter from Zerstorergeschwader 1,having its guns sighted, taken in the Crimea.
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This weekends extra.
And a nice air to air of a Nakajima E8N.
The Nakajima E8N was a ship-borne catapult-launched reconnaissance seaplane designed and produced by the Japanese aviation manufacturer Nakajima Aircraft Company. Flown by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS), the Allies assigned it the reporting name "Dave" while it was identified by the British as the Nakajima KT-95 Dave. -
This midweeks photo.
A nice shot of a Hawker Osprey, of 800Sq aboard HMS Ark Royal.
800 Squadron of the Fleet Air Arm was established on 3 April 1933, at RAF Netheravon in Wiltshire, through the amalgamation of Nos. 402 and 404 (Fleet Fighter) Flights, FAA, within the Royal Air Force.
The squadron was first equipped with nine single-seat Hawker Nimrod fighter aircraft and three two-seat Hawker Ospreys to act as navigation leaders for the Nimrods. It served aboard HMS Courageous in the Home Fleet. In 1935–1936, the carrier and squadron operated in the Mediterranean. The squadron re-equipped with the Blackburn Skua in November 1938 and took these aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal. The Skua was a dive bomber with a secondary fighter role to allow the destruction or driving-off of enemy reconnaissance aircraft.
In 1939, 800 Squadron predominantly operated Blackburn Skuas, along with a limited number of Blackburn Rocs. from HMS Ark Royal. The Squadron was transferred to Admiralty control on 24 May 1939.
