rene Posted 27 February , 2019 Share Posted 27 February , 2019 Hi everybody very hard to find reliable information about this flying boat. if somebody can help ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMeech Posted 28 February , 2019 Share Posted 28 February , 2019 11 hours ago, rene said: Hi everybody very hard to find reliable information about this flying boat. if somebody can help ? Hi Do you mean the 'R-6L'? If so peter M Bowers Putnam book 'Curtiss Aircraft 1907-1947', page 128, and, from the same publisher, 'United States Navy Aircraft since 1911' by Bowers and Gordon Swanborough, pages 119-121, both have a little bit of information on this type, depends I expect on what details you require. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rene Posted 28 February , 2019 Author Share Posted 28 February , 2019 Thank you for your help this model r 6l was commissioned in Acores islands during WW1. I would like to know how many seaplanes were there and when and how there they reached the Acores. Best rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete-c Posted 28 February , 2019 Share Posted 28 February , 2019 (edited) 19 minutes ago, rene said: Thank you for your help this model r 6l was commissioned in Acores islands during WW1. I would like to know how many seaplanes were there and when and how there they reached the Acores. Best rene Rene - could this link be of any help to you re the Azores - and the Curtiss R-6L? https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/wwi/wwi-aviation/u-s--naval-air-stations/first-marine-aeronautic-company-portugal.html Edited 28 February , 2019 by pete-c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMeech Posted 28 February , 2019 Share Posted 28 February , 2019 1 hour ago, rene said: Thank you for your help this model r 6l was commissioned in Acores islands during WW1. I would like to know how many seaplanes were there and when and how there they reached the Acores. Best rene Hi For the Azores both books I mentioned use the identity 'R-6', a combination of information from these books have them arriving at Ponta Delgada to undertake anti-submarine patrols from 17 January 1918. They state 'squadron' strength. A little more detail is found in the Harleyford publication 'Marine Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War', page 154, which has the following: "Ten R-6 and two N-9s were allotted to the First Marine Aeronautic Company stationed on the Azores for war patrols and thereby became an active service type." I hope that is of use. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rene Posted 28 February , 2019 Author Share Posted 28 February , 2019 Thank you Mike Very helpful. Regards Rene 6 hours ago, pete-c said: Rene - could this link be of any help to you re the Azores - and the Curtiss R-6L? https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/wwi/wwi-aviation/u-s--naval-air-stations/first-marine-aeronautic-company-portugal.html Thank you Pete.. It helps me ! Regards Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rene Posted 28 February , 2019 Author Share Posted 28 February , 2019 6 hours ago, pete-c said: Rene - could this link be of any help to you re the Azores - and the Curtiss R-6L? https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/wwi/wwi-aviation/u-s--naval-air-stations/first-marine-aeronautic-company-portugal.html Thank you Pete.. It helps me ! Regards Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rene Posted 28 February , 2019 Author Share Posted 28 February , 2019 Thank you everybody for your help. I am looking also about the type of weapons installed on the Curtiss R6L There was a torpedo (which type ?) and one or two machine gun (which one ?). Another information very useful for me. How they brought the seaplane in the Acores ? I suppose they were on board a carrier ? Which one ? Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete-c Posted 1 March , 2019 Share Posted 1 March , 2019 14 hours ago, rene said: Thank you everybody for your help. I am looking also about the type of weapons installed on the Curtiss R6L There was a torpedo (which type ?) and one or two machine gun (which one ?). Another information very useful for me. How they brought the seaplane in the Acores ? I suppose they were on board a carrier ? Which one ? Rene Rene. As for weaponry, this link may answer some of your questions. http://www.americancombatplanes.com/torpedo_2.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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