Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-11-10 | Page 6 | Sea Wolf Marks Third Battle Plane Designed by Vought for World War Il

Sea Wolf Marks Third Battle Plane Designed by Vought for World War II V WASHINGTON The The U. U S. S Navy has announced the 2 Sea Wolf a new torpedo bomber designed by the Chance Vought Aircraft division of United Aircraft Aircraft Aircraft Air Air- craft Corporation The Sea Vo Wolf is being produced at the Allentown Pa plant of Consolidated with the aid of Chance Vought engineers The new bomber will wilt be the Navys Navy's biggest aerial torpedo launcher It weighs eight tons bristles with machine guns and can carry heavy bomb loads It is manned by a pilot gunner bombardier and radioman The 2 marks rk tl the e third battle Ie plane eane de de- de- de signed by Vought for World War Avar II When war came to America hundreds of Nav Navy Vought Kin Kingfishers fishers were in serice service service ser ser- ser ser- vice ice as the fleets fleet's standard observation scout Fitted with seaplane floats they operate off the catapults of battleships and cruisers as eyes of or the fleet Simultaneously Vought was developing the Corsair fighter first airplane to be designed designed designed de de- de- de signed around a horsepower 2000 engine the Pratt Whitney Double Wasp and first warplane warplane warplane war- war plane to better miles per hour The country's urgent need for Corsairs forced Vought to concentrate on their production production production pro pro- and to enlist Goodyear also to build them The building of Kingfishers was turned over to the Naval Aircraft Factory