As mentioned on the previous page, three Vampires are in the museum at Gweru, Zimbabwe. RRAF 112 is the uncamouflaged FB.9. The other two aircraft have been painted in rough camouflage schemes and are without visible serials.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Vampire / D.H.100 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943

Rhodes Arnold, apart from pointing out our bloomer on the Swedish Seversky EP-1, has kindly supplied this photo of a USAAC P-35 in an embarrassing position. He took it while visiting Selfridge Field, Michigan, home of the 1st Pursuit Group. One of the squadrons of this group was equipped with P-35s and they used to perform with three aircraft linked together with ropes.
During one visit in the winter of 1939-40, he visited the flight line and saw a P-35 taxying in. As this made a good shot, he got his Kodak 616 folder ready but as the pilot approached the line he hit the brakes too hard. The aircraft skidded on the fresh-fallen snow for a second then stood on its nose. After taking the photograph, he approached the pilot and found his command of English surprisingly lacking in a USAAC pilot. However, Rhodes had started his education in Puerto Rico so tried Spanish and found that the pilot was from the Fuerza Aerea del Peru who was being trained to fly US fighters.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Seversky P-35 - СШАUSA - 1936

Charles Taylor has kindly sent in the photo which appears to have been taken by someone aboard HMS Exeter during a visit to an Argentine Navy seaplane station. The ship visited Mar del Plata and Puerto Belgrano during its cruises around South America in the 1930s and the desert-like countryside suggests it was not the former.
At first glance the first three seaplanes look like ordinary Vought Corsairs but they are actually Vought V-80 singleseat fighters. The only picture we could find in a book showed the factory example with spats and glossy paint. It is difficult to see but the cockpit was enclosed. The armament was four machine guns, two being visible on the top wing and the other two presumably in the usual position in front of the cockpit, although it is difficult to see where the bullets came out. Perhaps they were not fitted all the time.
Aircraft 4, 5, and 6 are Fairey Seals and the final three appear to be standard V-142 Corsair two-seaters. The odd thing about the Seals is that the Putnam on Faireys says only one was delivered to Argentina but there are three in view.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Gordon / Seal - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1931Vought F3U/SBU/V-142 - СШАUSA - 1933Vought O2U/O3U/V-65/V-93 Corsair - СШАUSA - 1926