carrier-based

Dutch translation: opererend vanaf vliegdekschepen

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English term or phrase:carrier-based
Dutch translation:opererend vanaf vliegdekschepen
Entered by: Iris70

12:28 Apr 28, 2011
English to Dutch translations [PRO]
Aerospace / Aviation / Space / flight games
English term or phrase: carrier-based
Although best known for its performance in the US Navy on the Pacific, the Wildcat was in fact first used in combat by the British in December 1940, shooting down a German Ju 88 over Scapa Flow.

In the Royal Navy, this plane was called the Martlet.

Type: Single-Seat Fighter (Carrier-Based)
Iris70
Local time: 22:48
opererend vanaf vliegdekschepen
Explanation:
Ingezet vanaf carriers (vliegdekschepen).
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Local time: 22:48
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opererend vanaf vliegdekschepen


Explanation:
Ingezet vanaf carriers (vliegdekschepen).

Bert Huisman
Netherlands
Local time: 22:48
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ron Willems: yep: "Navy and Marine F4Fs and FMs flew 15,553 combat sorties (14,027 of these from aircraft carriers)" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat )
54 mins

agree  bertvandermoer: formeel heten het aircraftcarriers, maar de vertaling is juist
20 hrs

agree  Ronald van Riet: wat een prachtig onderwerp om te mogen vertalen!!!!
1 day 11 mins
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