Originally Posted by LoadClear
Originally Posted by bcp
What other landplanes have experimentally or otherwise landed and/or taken off on a carrier? Any WWII AAF planes?

B-25 takeoff only

C-130 C-130 testing

OV-10 OV-10 testing

R4D (Navy C-47) R4D for Antarctica Takeoff only

Found one:

P-40 P-40 WWII carrier takeoff

Bruce



The U-2
https://www.cia.gov/news-informatio...e-u-2-flights-off-aircraft-carriers.html


P-47's were routinely delivered to the Pacific theater via aircraft carrier:





Interesting...

I wonder if they used the wing tip gear for takeoff and dropped them into the water or omitted them completely on the U-2.