Thread: Martin B-26 Marauder torpedo attacks?

Originally Posted by TopHatter

Sure about that?
The only reference I've been able to find to PBY torpedo attacks was at Midway.

Edit: I've also found vague references to the Black Cats making attacks but nothing specific.

From the book which the website is based on.

History article #5: Black Cat PBYs

The story of Jack Cram's Dumbo

Jack Cram's PBY story

And VP-11

Torpedo Run

Originally Posted by Albany Rifles

From the book which the website is based on.

History article #5: Black Cat PBYs

The story of Jack Cram's Dumbo

Jack Cram's PBY story

And VP-11

Torpedo Run

Ah excellent. Excuse me while I find a nice helping of crow to eat )

Originally Posted by Rumrunner

Germany was decades ahead of everybody in aircraft technology in the prewar and war years. If they hadnt been such douchebags we'd all have personal jetpacks and hovering cars by now.

No they were not, not even close. There was not a single area where they lead in 1941. In some areas the UK and Germany were tied, in others the US/UK were tied or one of them lead. In some races (like heavy bomber) the Germans were not even in the race.

Redco, Zraver -


I disagree. The ME262 was full of teething problems, and due mostly to the desperate position of Germany late in the war it was put into frontline service. The UK's Gloster Meteor, though a success in its own right, was only superior in it's range when compared to the ME262's performance, and it never really crossed the channel. The US's P-80 never left Edwards.

Postwar, much more of what went into the ME262 was repeated in more modern fighters, particularly the swept wing design.

They also developed one of the first operational helo's (albeit in verrrry small numbers) in the Fa 223 and the FW 61.
Focke Achgelis Fa 223 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Focke-Wulf Fw 61 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Then there's the aspect of advanced rocketry and guided munitions, like the V1, V2, FritzX and Ruhrstahl X-4 . There's a reason Wernher von Braun and his cohorts were absconded away to the US postwar.

Originally Posted by TopHatter

Ah excellent. Excuse me while I find a nice helping of crow to eat )

Try a nice Pinot Noir with that....I speak from experience!

The reason I am aware of the Black Cats is my Mom's cousin served in VP-11 for awhile in 42-43. He later made PO 1Class and helped form a new squadron, VPB-119 flying PB4Y-2 Privateers. He was KIA in July 1945 when his aircraft was shot down raiding Haiphong.

The AMVETS John P. McKeon Post in Dorchester, MA is named for him,.

Originally Posted by Albany Rifles

Try a nice Pinot Noir with that....I speak from experience!

Thanks but I'll stick with my Captain Morgan

Originally Posted by Albany Rifles

He later made PO 1Class and helped form a new squadron, VPB-119 flying PB4Y-2 Privateers. He was KIA in July 1945 when his aircraft was shot down raiding Haiphong.

The AMVETS John P. McKeon Post in Dorchester, MA is named for him,.

Very nice I actually got a see a Privateer up and close and personal twice in the last couple of months (although it was the same aircraft)

Here it is:

Very cool.

I always thought it was a badass looking aircraft.

Originally Posted by Rumrunner

Redco, Zraver -
I disagree. The ME262 was full of teething problems, and due mostly to the desperate position of Germany late in the war it was put into frontline service. The UK's Gloster Meteor, though a success in its own right, was only superior in it's range when compared to the ME262's performance, and it never really crossed the channel. The US's P-80 never left Edwards.

Rum, all three aircrafts were prototypes. The Germans were the only ones desperate enough to fly them.

Originally Posted by Rumrunner

Then there's the aspect of advanced rocketry and guided munitions, like the V1, V2, FritzX and Ruhrstahl X-4 . There's a reason Wernher von Braun and his cohorts were absconded away to the US postwar.

And he told his US interrogators that they should be questioning their own Dr. Goddard.