Navy Curtiss Racing Seaplane

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Text on Button NAVY CURTISS RACING SEAPLANE
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Button has blue text and an illustration of a yellow two-wing seaplane with red markings over a background of blue and white sky and water.

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YANK JUNIOR AIRPLANE SERIES RELIANCE MFG CO CHICAGO ILL.

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Curtiss based their R3C and R3C-2 models on the U.S. Navy's F3C fighter. In the 1920s, the U.S. Navy and Army acquired planes from the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company specifically to race against civilian planes in national and international air races. One of the most noted was the Schneider Trophy, an international competition.

Sources

Yenne, Bill. (2015). Hit the target: Eight men who led the Eighth Air Force to victory over the luftwaffe. Penguin Group: New York, New York.

Catalog ID AD0465