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USS Ranger is probably near by.

The A20 was absolutely the best operational light bomber in the Southwest Pacific AO, and it was used to good effect.

The real pity is all the Japanese aircraft that came to the US for testing after the war, and ended up in land fills and scrap heaps.

The sad truth was that the B29 and atomic weapons made all other bombers in the inventory totally obsolete almost overnight. Also, it was obvious to planners that the best piston engine fighters were soon to be made redundant by jet powered fighters. The market for surplus military aircraft was actually quite small, so what to do with the massive numbers of now useless aircraft? Scrapping them at least recovered some of the initial investment in them. Economics can be a cruel reality.

One of the BlitzPigs has been involved in aviation in California for many years. He says that crop dusters would buy surplus B17s just for the fuel in their tanks, then scrap the airplane to recover their cost.

I have played subscription games (Eve Online), and a couple "free to play, pay to win" types, and nope, never again.

Make it subscription and I'm out.

Welcome back Klunk.

The B/C Mustang is so good looking.

The R2800 was nothing if not robust.

I uninstalled it last night. It was just a waste of hard drive space.

Downloaded it on day one. I was very hyped for this title, now I'm sorry I spent the money. Boring, repetitive game play... Oh look another procedurally generated "monster"... Yawn. A pity, it could have been so good.

This is the tip of a rather large iceberg. Sadly it is one that will be impossible to steer our ship around, and we don't have enough life boats.

P40 (No big surprise there) or the B model Mustang. Anxiously waiting for the A6M and the D3A. (And hoping for the IJAAC types).

The grab handle sticking out from the Hinomaru is a dead giveaway as it being a T6 as well. And the incorrect color green, the incorrect kanji under the cockpit, the lack of antenna mast, and the modern hangar in the background.

Happy New Year to you and the team Jason, and to all of us here waiting for the day we can fly that A6M.

Merry Christmas to all of you from the BlitzPigs.

I see the same thing happening in the collector car field. Nobody wants grand dad's Model T or Model A Fords anymore.

Arizona's forward magazine exploding.

The Empire of Japan attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, thus starting the wider war in the Pacific Never forget.

The forgotten bomber of the Pacific.

Apparently the person that wrote the description of Bartigian's artwork doesn't know port from starboard.

Admiral Lee's gunfighter at Savo. Turned Kirishma into scrap in a matter of minutes.

Hey Tailspin, welcome aboard over here.

Land based aircraft did operate from Midway during that fateful battle. F2A Buffalos F4F Wildcats USMC Vindicator dive bombers. USAAF B26 and B17 bombers.