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Wednesday 13 December 2017

Large number of aircraft and engines in 1936 purchased by the US Navy according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1937 No. 3

An item referred to the magazine Marine Rundschau dated March 1937 reporting that in 1936 352 aircraft were delivered to the naval air force. It included 16 so-called Great Lakes bombers, 84 so-called Chance Vought scout-bombers, 49 Grumman fighters, 11 Grumman amphibious aircraft, 51 training vessels (of which 50 Stearman), 4 Vought reconnaissance aircraft, 2 Dougast transport planes and 135 Curtiss scouts. Further more were 445 engines received of which 382 were manufactured by Pratt&Whitney Company, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. and 61 by Wrigth Aez. Corporation [Wright Aeronautical Corporation, part of Curtiss-Wright Airplane Division?].