Stearman N2S-2, and Curtiss Hell-Divers, 1943. Photo Pictorial Press.
The Stearman N2S-2 is the yellow biplane in the foreground.
Although the location is not named it may be the Marine training facility at Parris Island, South Carolina, USA.
Stearman (Boeing) Model 75, biplane military trainer, 10,626 built during the 1930’s-40’s. N2S-2 variant had an R-680-8 engine. 125 delivered to the U.S. Navy. Known colloquially as the ‘Yellow Peril’ from its overall-yellow paint scheme.
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, United States Navy carrier-based dive bomber, introduced 1942.
The poor quality of the photo comes from its newspaper origins.
Taken from ‘The Second Great War’ vol. 07, 1946, ed. by Sir John Hammerton.
Stearman N2S-2, and Curtiss Hell-Divers, 1943. Photo Pictorial Press.
The Stearman N2S-2 is the yellow biplane in the foreground.
Although the location is not named it may be the Marine training facility at Parris Island, South Carolina, USA.
Stearman (Boeing) Model 75, biplane military trainer, 10,626 built during the 1930’s-40’s. N2S-2 variant had an R-680-8 engine. 125 delivered to the U.S. Navy. Known colloquially as the ‘Yellow Peril’ from its overall-yellow paint scheme.
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, United States Navy carrier-based dive bomber, introduced 1942.
The poor quality of the photo comes from its newspaper origins.
Taken from ‘The Second Great War’ vol. 07, 1946, ed. by Sir John Hammerton.