Topic

Fighter Escort

Also searchable as Escort Fighters, Fighter Escorts.

Related time notes

  1. Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 5
    48:32War in China validates the carrier fighterNotable Point
  2. Ilyushin DB-3 & Il-4: Great Patriotic War Soviet Torpedo Bombers - Key Aircraft Series 2,
    18:34Units improvised escort fighters from old DB-3sNotable Point
  3. Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 6
    52:18Midway's torpedo squadrons attacked without their planned escortChapter
  4. Sopwith Cuckoo: The Exodus Chapter for Naval Aviation - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 2
    52:27A Cuckoo pilot faced a hundred-mile strike aloneChapter
  5. British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    3:22Graf Zeppelin's small air group forced an escort-and-range trade-offNotable Point
  6. Bruships 131: Battleships...
    2:34:37Why Taranto and Pearl Harbor needed different fighter plansQ&A
  7. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?
    55:55Why a carrier keeps fighters ready on deckNotable Point
  8. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    2:53:44Why the bombers attacking Force Z lacked fighter escortQ&A
  9. Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s
    3:11:16A disputed comparison of P-47 and Mustang escort rangeNotable Point
  10. Bruships 34: Random History
    1:07:54Why Jimmy Thach chose to escort Yorktown's torpedo bombersNotable Point
  11. Bruships 34: Random History
    1:11:35Fitting six Wildcats around a slow torpedo formationNotable Point
  12. Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation
    3:37:25Why Swordfish were lost during the Channel DashQ&A
  13. An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P3/4 WWII (Q)
    21:43Blohm & Voss BV 222: Norway airlift and long-range transportChapter
  14. Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 1929
    47:16M1 linked carrier command, torpedo performance, and strike concentrationNotable Point