The AGM-62 Walleye The Martin Marietta AGM-62 Walleye, although designated as an air-to-ground missile (AGM), was actually an unpowered glide bomb guided to its target by a television camera attached…
A navalised version of the well-known Spitfire designed for use on aircraft carriers was the Supermarine Seafire 2646 Seafires were built and used by the Fleet Air Arm of the…
After receiving its first Vought F4U Corsairs in October 1942, VF-12 earned the nickname “ensign eliminator.” The best fighter aircraft in the Pacific region of World War II was the…
Although the F4U Corsair subsequently proved to be a better fighter in Pacific operations, its initial use in this theater of operations exposed its flaws Although the F4U Corsair ultimately…
“We had several interesting dogfights with the much larger and more powerful F4U Corsair. In turning dogfights, the Corsairs were unable to get a bead on us if we saw…