Naval Aviation during the WW2Casey Spellman

•WORLD WAR II BROUGHT THE ADVENT OF HIGH POWER AND HIGH SPEED AIRCRAFT FROM ALL COUNTRIES

•VERY LARGE INCREASES IN AIRCRAFT SPEED AND ALTITUDE OCCURRED DURING THIS TIME

British Aviation•EARLY FIGHTER OPPONENTS DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN WERE THE MESSERSCHMITT 109, SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE AND HAWKER HURRICANE

German Aviation•THE GERMANS USED JUNKER STUKA DIVE BOMBERS, HEINKLE 111 AND DORNIER 217 BOMBERS TO ATTACK ENGLAND DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN

United States Aviation•AIRCRAFT DEVELOPMENT PROGRESSED AT A RAPID PACE THROUGHOUT THE WAR. SUCH FAMOUS BOMBERS AS THE B-17, B-24 AND B-29 WERE USED BY THE UNITED STATES

United States Aviation (cont.)•THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR CORPS DEVELOPED HIGH SPEED LONG RANGE PISTON ENGINE FIGHTERS SUCH AS THE P-51 MUSTANG, P-47 THUNDERBOLT AND P-38 LIGHTNING

•TRANSPORTATION OF WAR MATERIALS RESULTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AIR AICRAFT WITH GREATER CAPACITY TO CARRY CARGO AND PERSONNEL.

•INVENTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS

–POWER PLANTS

•TURBOCHARGED/SUPERCHARGED PISTON ENGINES

•JET ENGINES

•ROCKET ENGINES

–LONG RANGE MULTI-ENGINE AIRCRAFT

–RADIO NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATION

–PRESSURIZED HIGH ALTITUDE AIRCRAFT

Helicoptors•THE UNITED STATES ARMY USED ITS FIRST HELICOPTER IN WORLD WAR II. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS THE SIKORSKY R4

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