TL-191: Yankee Joe - Uniforms, Weapons, and Vehicles of the U.S. Armed Forces

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A P-27K Sky Shark of the 179th Fighter Group on the Kentucky-Tennessee Front, circa May of 1943. With the reports of a new Confederate fighter coming in early of 1943, engineers at Curtiss would respond by equipping the P-27J with a new powerplant, the Allison V-1744, which was a licensed copy of the German DB-605 Engine, in which it would grant the new K models of the Sky Shark more horsepower. Within a short period of time, the new variant would begin to operational service with the USAF on the Kentucky-Tennessee where they were able to match the new Merlin powered Hound-Dogs, thus making a good stop-gap until the P-46 began to enter service later on in the Autumn of 1943.
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A North American A-36 Apache from the 604th Attack Squadron on the Tennessee Front during the Battle of Chattanooga, circa Autumn of 1943. In the middle of 1940, the North American Company would begin a new development of a new interceptor design which would be dubbed as the XP-47 Mustang. In the Autumn of 1941, the USAF would make a formal request to North American Aviation for a new so-called attack aircraft using the XP-47 as a base. By September of 1942, the variant, dubbed the A-36 Apache would begin to enter service with the USAF, in which it would prove to be an excellent plane in it's role as an attack aircraft as well as doubling as a fighter. Throughout 1943 and into 1944, the Apache filled the role as the USAF's primary ground attack aircraft, supporting the advancing US Army forces as they advanced into the Confederacy. The plane was armed with 12.7mm MGs in the nose and four in the wings, it can also carry up to 1,000 lbs of bombs on each wing and the later variants can also carry 5 HVAR rockets on each wing, thus making it a bane to any Confederate ground troops. A total of 866 Apaches would be built from late 1942 up until July of 1944, in which it soldier on in US service up until 1947 for frontline units.
 
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A North American A-36 Apache from the 604th Attack Squadron on the Tennessee Front during the Battle of Chattanooga, circa Autumn of 1943. In the middle of 1940, the North American Company would begin a new development of a new interceptor design which would be dubbed as the XP-47 Mustang. In the Autumn of 1941, the USAF would make a formal request to North American Aviation for a new so-called attack aircraft using the XP-47 as a base. By September of 1942, the variant, dubbed the A-36 Apache would begin to enter service with the USAF, in which it would prove to be an excellent plane in it's role as an attack aircraft as well as doubling as a fighter.
So close, and yet so far.... sigh...
 
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Here's my second take on the Curtiss P-46 Supershark, which this one is from the 14th Fighter Wing during the Battle of Atlanta during the Winter of 1943-1944.
 
Some Second Great War era Gas Masks for the US Armed Forces
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M1936 Protective Respirator - Standard Issue Gas Mask for the US Army during the SGW
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M1943 Lightweight Gas Mask
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Mark IV Gas Mask - Standard issue to US Navy and Marine Corps.
 
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Lexington class Battlecruiser (1921)

Specifications (following 1941 refit)
Weight: 44,690 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x electric motors, 4x General Electric turbo-generators
Range: 17,000 nautical miles
Speed: 33.25 knots
Aviation Capacity: 3 Curtiss SOC Seagull seaplanes, 2 catapults
Armor:
  • Belt: 178mm
  • Main Deck: 57mm
  • Turrets: 279mm
  • Barbettes: 229mm
  • Conning Tower: 305mm
Armament:
  • 8 x 16-in/50-caliber Mk 2 main guns (4x2)
  • 14 x 6-in/53-caliber Mk 12 secondary guns
  • 8 x 5 inch/38-caliber DP guns
  • 16 x 1.1/75-caliber AA guns (4x4)
  • 8 x 12.7mm AA machine-guns
Ship​
Builder​
Laid Down​
Launched​
Commissioned​
Decommissioned​
Fate​
USS Remembrance (BC-1)Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, MassachusettsAugust 17th, 1915April 1st, 1918May 10th, 1920Converted to aircraft carrier, 1916-1920
Sunk during the Battle of Midway, December 7th, 1941
USS Lexington (BC-2)Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, MassachusettsJanuary 8th, 1916November 14th, 1919January 4th, 1922January 6th, 1947Struck March 1st, 1959; Sold for scrap, July 8th, 1959.
USS Sandwich Islands (BC-3)Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, MassachusettsSeptember 25th, 1915Cancelled August 1918. Broken up on slipway 1918.
USS Yorktown (BC-4)New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New JerseyJuly 5th, 1916Cancelled August 1918. Broken up on slipway 1918.
USS Saratoga (BC-5)Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaSeptember 23rd, 1915July 30th, 1919December 9th, 1921Sunk by CSS Jefferson Davis, February 5th, 1942.
USS United States (BC-6)Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaSeptember 25th, 1915Cancelled August 1918. Broken up on slipway 1918.

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USS Lexington as of July of 1944

Specifications (1944)
Weight: 48,590 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x electric motors, 4x General Electric turbo-generators
Range: 9,900 nautical miles
Speed: 33.25 knots
Aviation Capacity: 2 Vought OS2U Kingfisher, 1 catapult
Sensors: SC early warning radar, Mk 4 and Mk 8 Fire Control Radar.
Armor:
  • Belt: 178mm
  • Main Deck: 57mm
  • Turrets: 279mm
  • Barbettes: 229mm
  • Conning Tower: 305mm
Armament:
  • 8 x 16-in/50 caliber Mk 2 main guns (4x2)
  • 20 x 5 inch/38-caliber Mk 38 DP guns (10x2)
  • 16 x Quad 40mm AA guns
  • 45 x 20mm AA machine-guns
 

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Here's a batch of some US Navy Light Cruisers

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Phoenix class Light Cruiser (1914)

Specifications (As originally built)
Weight: 8,970 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 12x Yarrow Boilers
Range: 9,000 nautical miles
Speed: 35 knots
Armor:
  • Belt: 70mm
  • Main Deck: 33mm
  • Conning Tower: 32mm
Armament:
  • 4 x 6 in guns in turrets
  • 8 x 6 in guns in casemate
  • 6 x 76mm rapid fire guns
  • 4 x 47mm salute guns
  • 4 x 533mm torpedo tubes (2x2)
  • 210 x naval mines
ShipBuilderLaid DownLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedFate
USS Phoenix (CL-1)William Cramp & Sons, PhiladelphiaMarch 28, 1910April 9, 1912September 2, 1914May, 1930Sold for Scrap, June 6, 1930.
USS Manchester (CL-2)William Cramp & Sons, PhiladelphiaApril 1, 1910April 14, 1912August 29, 1914May 1930Sold for Scrap, June 8, 1930.
USS Fargo (CL-3)Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, MassachusettsJune 12, 1910June 30, 1912December 2, 1914December 1935Sold for Scrap, January 8, 1937
USS Altoona (CL-4)William Cramp & Sons, PhiladelphiaApril 10, 1910April 29, 1912September 21, 1914September 1, 1944Sold for Scrap, February 11, 1945
USS Scranton (CL-5)Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, MassachusettsJune 14, 1910July 2, 1912December 28, 1914Sunk by the HMS Edinburgh in the Atlantic, June 11, 1915
USS Eugene (CL-6)Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, MassachusettsJune 9, 1910June 29, 1912January 10, 1915Sunk by Confederate Bombers at Nassau, August 15, 1941.
USS Bangor (CL-7)Union Iron Works, San FranciscoAugust 7, 1910August 30, 1912January 21, 1915December 1935Sold for Scrap, February 6, 1937
USS Peoria (CL-8)Neafie & Leavy, PhiladelphiaOctober 6, 1910September 30, 1912April 9, 1915September 13, 1944Sold for Scrap, January 21, 1946
USS Madison (CL-9)Union Iron Works, San FranciscoAugust 16, 1910August 22, 1912January 9, 1915Sunk during the Battle of the Three Navies, June 11th, 1916
USS Baltimore (CL-10)William Cramp & Sons, PhiladelphiaApril 11, 1910May 15, 1912September 25, 1914December 1935Sold for Scrap, January 9, 1937

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Omaha class Light Cruiser (1918)

Specifications (Following 1941 refit)
Weight: 9,508 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 12x Yarrow Boilers
Range: 8,460 nautical miles
Speed: 34 knots
Aviation Capacity: 3 Curtiss SOC Seagull seaplanes, 2 catapults
Armor:
  • Belt: 76mm
  • Main Deck: 38mm
  • Turrets: 20mm
  • Conning Tower: 32mm
Armament:
  • 4 x 6 in guns in turrets (2 x 2)
  • 8 x 6 in guns in casemate
  • 8 x 76mm AA guns
  • 8 x 12.7mm AA machine-guns
ShipBuilderLaid DownLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedFate
USS Omaha (CL-11)Todd Dry Dock & Construction Co, Tacoma, WashingtonDecember 6, 1915December 14, 1917February 24, 1918September 1, 1944Sold for Scrap, January 18, 1945
USS Milwaukee (CL-12)Todd Dry Dock & Construction Co, Tacoma, WashingtonDecember 13, 1915December 26, 1917June 20, 1918September 19, 1944Sold for Scrap, January 10, 1945
USS Columbus (CL-13)
ex - Indianapolis
Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, MassachusettsAugust 16, 1916August 19, 1918September 4, 1920September 1, 1944Sold for Scrap, December 9, 1944
USS Utica (CL-14)Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, MassachusettsNovember 1, 1916October 30, 1919June 9, 1921September 20, 1944Sold for Scrap, February 2, 1945
USS Tacoma (CL-15)William Cramp & Sons, PhiladelphiaDecember 15, 1916April 30, 1918September 3, 1920November 5, 1944Sold for Scrap, December 6, 1945
USS Marblehead (CL-16)William Cramp & Sons, PhiladelphiaDecember 16, 1916April 9, 1918September 14, 1920January 2, 1945Sold for Scrap, February 6, 1946.
USS Columbus (CL-17)William Cramp & Sons, PhiladelphiaFebruary 9, 1917February 16, 1919August 6, 1921September 22, 1944Sold for Scrap, January 20, 1945
USS Saginaw (CL-18)Todd Dry Dock & Construction Co, Tacoma, WashingtonJanuary 23, 1916January 29, 1918November 16, 1918Sunk by Confederate Destroyers near Nassau, August 17, 1941.
CL-19William Cramp & Sons, PhiladelphiaCancelled, April 1918
CL-20William Cramp & Sons, PhiladelphiaCancelled, April 1918

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Dover class Light Cruiser (1927)

Specifications (Following 1940-1941 refit)
Weight: 10,922 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 8x White-Forster Boilers
Range: 10,000 nautical miles
Speed: 34 knots
Aviation Capacity: 2 Curtiss SOC Seagull Seaplanes, 1 catapult
Armor:
  • Belt: 90mm
  • Main Deck: 45mm
  • Turrets: 54mm
  • Barbettes: 15mm
  • Conning Tower: 32mm
Armament:
  • 8 x 6 in guns in turrets (4x2)
  • 4 x 76mm AA guns
  • 4 x 28mm AA guns (2x4)
  • 8 x 12.7mm AA machine-guns
ShipBuilderLaid DownLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedFate
USS Dover (CL-19)Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City.April 1, 1924April 14, 1925July 24, 1927July 9, 1946Sold for Scrap, January 10, 1950
USS Harrisburg (CL-20)Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaJune 6, 1924June 17, 1925November 1, 1927Sunk by CSS Texas in the Atlantic, November 5, 1941.
USS Fort Wayne (CL-21)Todd Dry Dock & Construction Co, Tacoma, WashingtonAugust 23, 1924September 4, 1925February 22, 1928Sunk by Japanese Warships during the Battle of Midway, December 8, 1941.
USS Missoula (CL-22)Todd Dry Dock & Construction Co, Tacoma, WashingtonAugust 29, 1924September 1, 1925February 10, 1928June 19, 1948Sunk during weapons tests near the Sandwich Islands, July 16, 1948.
USS Scranton (CL-23)Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City.May 3, 1924May 20, 1925August 4, 1927Sunk during Second Battle of Bermuda, April 11, 1943.
 

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guys question would the union have wartime light carriers or would they simply make escort carriers like in the books .
 
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An analog to OTL's Independence-class CVLs is not out of the question. Whether merchant hulls (Bogue and Casablanca-class OTL) or tanker hulls (Sangamon and Commencement Bay-class OTL) is an open issue for CVEs.

Heavy carriers would probably be OTL's Essex class ships.
 
S. Marlowski, in your headcannon why is the union cruiser hull numbers seperatd by ship type instead of one list of hull numbersfor all cruisers. also roughly how many predreadnoughts and dreadnoughts would the union have during the first great war.
 
S. Marlowski, in your headcannon why is the union cruiser hull numbers seperatd by ship type instead of one list of hull numbersfor all cruisers. also roughly how many predreadnoughts and dreadnoughts would the union have during the first great war.
The reason for this is because the US Navy wanted to differentiate between the various cruiser types in service (Light cruisers, heavy cruisers, armored cruisers, etc.)
 
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Missoula class Armored Cruiser (1909)

Specifications (As originally built)
Weight: 17,890 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 16 x Brabock and Wilcox Boilers
Range: 8,600 nautical miles
Speed: 22 knots
Armor:
  • Belt: 127mm
  • Main Deck: 102mm
  • Conning Tower: 229mm
  • Turrets: 229mm
Armament:
  • 8 x 10 in guns (4 x 2)
  • 20 x 6 in guns
  • 22 x 76mm rapid fire guns
  • 12 x 47mm rapid fire
  • 4 x 533mm torpedo tubes
Ship​
Builder​
Laid Down​
Launched​
Commissioned​
Decommissioned​
Fate​
USS Missoula (ACR-14)Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City.May 9, 1906November 14, 1907March 12, 1909Sunk during the Battle of the Three Navies, June 11th, 1916
USS Wichita (ACR-15 - later CA-15)Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, MassachusettsJuly 1, 1906February 3, 1908June 26, 1909May 1930Sold for Scrap, June 16, 1930.
 
guys question would the union have wartime light carriers or would they simply make escort carriers like in the books .
Kind of late to the party on this, but here goes.

There is actually solid evidence in the books that both CVLs and CVEs were built by the United States, especially the latter. Given the US's situation, it is also very likely that they would have built both types anyway. With Japan in the Pacific and Britain and France in the Atlantic, the USN would need these carriers and need them in a bad way. The CVEs would provide crucial support in a variety of roles and CVLs could be produced faster than full fleet carriers, while still maintaining enough speed to keep up with the fleet.
 
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A rendition of a Douglas TBD Devastator Torpedo Bomber of VT-7 which was stationed on the aircraft carrier USS Wasp at the time of outbreak of hostilities, circa Summer of 1941. For the first few months of America's involvement in the Second Great War, the TBD Devastator was the mainstay carrier-based torpedo bomber of the Union Navy. In this capacity, the Devastator proved to be an obsolete plane, proving to be an easy target for enemy shipborne AA guns and fighters. It was not until the Spring of 1942 when the Devastator would be finally retired in favor of the much better Grumman TBF Avenger.
I especially like the roundel for the plane here, the inclusion of the anchors looks clean and cool.

I may actually use this for a project of mine that I hope to complete. Do you have any other US carrier aircraft designs for TL-191?
 
I got a request for modern Union Barrel by @ThirdyLovesAH so I made what I'm calling an SB (standard Barrel) the B-55 General Morrel.
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Developed from the B-50 General Morrel series of standard barrels the B-55A entered service in 1980 and has gone thru several upgrades while continuing to serve as the Union's standard barrel in both the Union army and Marine Corps.
The B-55 is due for replacement in 2020 by the B-58.
Ah so this is the equivalent to the M60 in out time right? Makes me wonder of it went into Desert Storm lol
 
To start....
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The US navy's embryonic Naval Air Force had been well-honed by the outbreak of the Second Great War, going so far as to launch a Carrier air raid on Charleston, South Carolina on the opening days of hostilities. From its early days following the end of the First Great War, the USN's Aircraft Carrier program had been a world-leader, pioneering many of the techniques and operational strategies, and experience in the Pacific War had demonstrated that Carriers would determine the future of Naval Warfare.
As the USN's first carrier, the converted battlecruiser USS Remembrance, had advanced, despite the languishing years of Socialist rule and Depression, she had needed updates to her aircraft infrastructure to maintain parity with overseas developments, such as those of the British and Japanese.

Grumman Aircraft had provided such updates by the beginning of the 1940's, as the Aggression of the rebuilt CSA had reached a boiling point.

the F3A "Katzenjammer" was the first USN fighter to have retractable landing gear, a fully enclosed cockpit and folding wings, allowing for storage of more aircraft without needing to increase the size of the carrier's hanger. Armed with 6 Browning .50 Caliber machine guns and capable of being fitted with drop tanks for extended range, the fighter was devleoped from experience in the Pacific War, where the USN's Biplane fighters had struggled with the new Mitsubishi A5M monoplanes the Japanese had fielded from their carriers.

Despite the advances that allowed the fighters to go toe-to-toe with both carrier planes and land-based aircraft, the F3A's weren't enough to save Bermuda, the battle for which saw pitched air battles with CSA-built "Sea Dog" Navalized versions of the Hughes Hound Dog fighter, or the Remembrance herself, which was sunk on December 7th 1941 off Midway Island. Marine squadrons based on the Island itself, bolstered by those planes able to escape the sinking carrier, held off the Japanese for a few more days, but the island eventually fell to the Japanese, forcing the US to withdraw to the Sandwich Islands and the West Coast.

The loss of Remembrance was a blow to the USN, but a temporary solution was found in "Escort" carriers, freighters converted with flight decks to hold smaller quantities of planes until new Fleet carriers could be built. The first two such vessels, the USS Trenton and USS Chapultepec, were soon jined by more such conversions, named for Famous battles and aviation pioneers. Marine units operating out of the Sandwich Islands had also engaged with Japanese bombers, and CSA and Mexican air patrols off Baja California.
I like these. I can't believe I didn't see this before. To add to this - the US and Japan also got into an inconclusive naval war in 1932-1934. It convinced the US to re-arm, but the Depression and lack of funds at the time stymied development.
 
Ah so this is the equivalent to the M60 in out time right? Makes me wonder of it went into Desert Storm lol
Who knows if TTL had a Desert Storm but I imagine the B55 did take part in several of the "Banana Wars" fought through out South and Central America in the 60's & 70's.
 
I especially like the roundel for the plane here, the inclusion of the anchors looks clean and cool.

I may actually use this for a project of mine that I hope to complete. Do you have any other US carrier aircraft designs for TL-191?
I could very well make a couple of post about US Carriers
 
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A Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-5) during the Second Battle of Bermuda, circa April of 1943.

The SBD Dauntless was first developed and introduced in 1940 by the Douglas Aircraft Company as a replacement for the older Curtiss SBC Helldiver as the US Navy's primary scouting and dive bomber. The aircraft was armed with two Colt 12.7mm machine-guns in the nose, two 7.62mm MGs in the rear for defense, and could carry up to 2,250 pounds of bombs and was equipped with dive brakes for diving attacks against ground and sea targets. For the whole duration of the Second Great War, the Dauntless would prove itself as an excellent dive bomber, sinking a large number of Radius and Japanese ships as well as ground targets. The type would also serve in modified form in the United States Air Force as the A-24 Banshee, in addition, small numbers would be supplied to the air forces of Quebec, Denmark, and Brazil before the conflict as well as the German Navy using some aboard their own carriers. A grand total of 6,233 airframes would be produced from it's production run from 1940 to 1944.

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A Curtiss SB2C Helldiver from the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga (CV-12) during the Battle of Rockall Bank in late 1943.

The SB2C was developed in 1940 to replace the SBD Dauntless, in which was to be faster than the preceding type and could carry more armaments. As the SB2C began to enter service in early 1943, problems with the new model were discovered which included structural problems, poor handling, directional instability. Curtiss in response, would tweak the design, delaying it's introduction into service, in which it was not until later that year when the first planes were ready for battle in time for the Battle of Rockall Bank. There, the Helldiver would prove it's worth to the pilots who flew as it sank some British warships during the battle. Later in the war, the Helldiver would also see combat service over the Caribbean, the North Atlantic, the British Isles, the Pacific Northwest, and the Atlantic coastline of the CSA. When production of the SB2C ended in November of 1944, a grand total of 2,187 airframes would be constructed and would serve in the air forces of Ireland, Quebec, Haiti, Texas, Brazil, and Portugal. It's armament would include two 20mm cannons in the wings, two 7.62mm machine-guns in the rear, four optional 12.7mm machine-guns in pods underneath the wings, eight 5-inch HVAR rockets, and up to 2,000 pounds of bombs or a single torpedo in it's internal bomb-bay.

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A TBF Avenger from the light aircraft carrier USS Roanoke (CVL-15) in the North Pacific, circa December of 1943.

By 1940, it was evident to the US Navy that the TBD Devastator torpedo bomber was obsolete, which would prompt the navy to start looking for a replacement. By December of the following year, the replacement would be selected from the Grumman corporation was adopted as the TBF Avenger. By the spring of 1942, the first production aircraft would be introduced into use with the US Navy aboard their carriers stationed in the Pacific. By the end of the summer, the Avenger would be in full service as the navy's standard carrier borne torpedo bomber and would quickly prove it's worth during the Second Battle of the Three Navies. The Avenger was powered by Wright R-2600-8 Twin Cyclone 14 cylinder radial engine with a top speed of 278 miles per hour, and was armed with two 12.7mm machine-guns in the wings, a single 12.7mm machine-gun in the rear turret, and one 7.62mm machine-gun in the ventral position. The bomber could carry either eight 5-inch HVAR rockets, 2,000 pounds of bombs, or a single torpedo. During the Second Great War, the Avenger would serve in great numbers in both the Union Navy and Marine Corps, as well a small number being used by the German Navy aboard the SMS Graf Zeppelin and with the Luftwaffe in Mittleafrika. Post-war, the Avenger would be developed into many different variant including one for anti-submarine warfare and would not be retired until the 1960s, in which a grand total of 7,000 airframes would be built.
 
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