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    The Vought SB2U Vindicator is an American carrier-based dive bomber developed for the United States Navy in the 1930s, the first monoplane in this role...
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    Corporation, Chance Vought, Vought-Sikorsky, LTV Aerospace (part of Ling-Temco-Vought), Vought Aircraft Companies, and Vought Aircraft Industries. The first...
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  • Brethren Vought SB2U Vindicator, a US Navy aircraft used in the 1930s Meggitt Vindicator II, a Canadian UAV training target drone USNS Vindicator (T-AGOS-3)...
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    United States Navy during the 1930s. Developed as an alternative to the SB2U Vindicator monoplane, the aircraft proved unsatisfactory to the Navy in comparison...
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    Northrop A-17 Northrop BT Northrop XFT-2 Vought SBU Corsair Vought SB2U Vindicator Vought V-141 Vought XF3U Vought XO4U-2 There is a R-1535-96 on display...
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  • (withdrawn 1943) Vought SB2U Vindicator - Carrier-based dive bomber Vought TBU Sea Wolf/Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf - Carrier-based torpedo-bomber Vought V-173 -...
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    The Vought OS2U Kingfisher is an American catapult-launched observation floatplane. It was a compact mid-wing monoplane, with a large central float and...
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    The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured...
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  • Chesapeake Bay Chesapeake 1000, a crane ship Vought Chesapeake, a British name for the Vought SB2U Vindicator Chesapeake Bay Retriever, a breed of dog Chesapeake...
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    The Vought F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) is a single-engine, supersonic, carrier-based air superiority jet aircraft designed and produced by the American...
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    in World War II during the Battle of Midway. Fleming piloted a Vought SB2U Vindicator dive bomber in an attack on the Japanese cruiser Mikuma. Richard...
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    The Vought XF5U "Flying Flapjack" was an experimental U.S. Navy fighter aircraft designed by Charles H. Zimmerman for Vought during World War II. This...
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  • Periscope, as well. The principal aircraft depicted in Dive Bomber are Vought SB2U Vindicator dive bombers and Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bombers, although...
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  • dive bomber Vought SB2U Vindicator carrier-based dive bomber Vought TBU Sea Wolf/Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf carrier-based torpedo-bomber Vought V-173 experimental...
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    production as a result of the competition included the Brewster SBA, the Vought SB2U Vindicator, and the Northrop BT-1, the last of which would evolve into the...
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    The Vought YA-7F "Strikefighter" is a prototype transonic attack aircraft based on the subsonic A-7 Corsair II. Two prototypes were converted from A-7Ds...
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    The Vought F7U Cutlass is a United States Navy carrier-based jet fighter and fighter-bomber designed and produced by the aircraft manufacturer Chance Vought...
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    The Vought/General Dynamics Model 1600 series was a fighter aircraft proposal for the United States Navy's Navy Air Combat Fighter (NACF) program. The...
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  • 15,678 Vought F4U Corsair fighter-bomber 1940 retired 1979 12,571 Vought SB2U Vindicator/Chesapeake dive bomber 1936 retired 1945 260 Vought TBU/Consolidated...
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    The Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III was an aircraft developed by Chance Vought as a successor to the successful Vought F-8 Crusader program and as a competitor...
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    Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Fairey Barracuda Junkers Ju 87 Stuka Saab 17 Vought SB2U Vindicator Vultee A-31 Vengeance Related lists List of aircraft of World War...
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    The Vought O2U Corsair is a 1920s biplane scout and observation aircraft. Developed by Vought Corporation, the O2U was ordered by the United States Navy...
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    depart Pearl Harbor on 5 December 1941 to ferry 18 U.S. Marine Corps Vought SB2U Vindicator dive bombers of VMSB-231 to reinforce the base at Midway Island...
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  • Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) was a large American conglomerate which existed from 1961 to 2001. At its peak, it was involved in aerospace, airlines, electronics...
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    early December 1941, Lexington was ferrying 18 U.S. Marine Corps Vought SB2U Vindicator dive bombers to Midway Atoll and at that time she embarked 65 of...
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    Roc Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Aichi D3A Vought SB2U Vindicator Douglas SBD Dauntless Junkers Ju 87 Stuka Related lists List of...
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    in January 1941, and was the second squadron to receive the new Vought SB2U Vindicator eventually receiving 27 of the type in 1941. Along with the new...
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    Zeros helped defeat the next American air strike from Midway, 11 Vought SB2U Vindicator dive bombers from VMSB-241, which attacked the battleship Haruna...
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    A Vought SB2U Vindicator from the USS Ranger flies anti-submarine patrol over Convoy WS12 en route to Cape Town, 27 November 1941...
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    American air strike from Midway, shooting down three of the eleven Vought SB2U Vindicator dive bombers from VMSB-241, which attacked the battleship Haruna...
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