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<b> Documentary (2007)</b><br>

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Bomberguy Aviation History <br>

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Short documentary on the Northrop N-3PB Nomad, a single-engined American floatplane developed as an export model based on the earlier [[:Category:Northrop A-17|Northrop A-17]] design.

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[[Category:Forgotten Aircraft documentaries]][[:Category:Forgotten Aircraft documentaries|Forgotten Aircraft documentaries]]

==  Northrop N-3PB Nomad ==
[[Image: Vlcsnap-2015-05-10-18h30m42s181.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Northrop N-3PB Nomad.]]
[[Image: Vlcsnap-2015-05-10-18h30m45s213.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Northrop N-3PB Nomad.]]
[[Image: Vlcsnap-2015-05-10-18h30m49s249.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Northrop N-3PB Nomad.]]
Built to satisfy a Norwegian costal patrol requirement, it was instead deployed to Iceland after the invasion of Norway by Germany.
[[Image: Vlcsnap-2015-05-10-18h30m53s35.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Northrop N-3PB Nomad.]]

==  Northrop N-3PB Nomad ==
The Marinens flyvevesen /Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service operating as Royal Air Force Squadron no.330, flew the aircraft on anti-submarine and convoy escort duties out of Reykjavic, Iceland.
[[Image: Vlcsnap-2015-05-10-18h30m58s83.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Northrop N-3PB Nomad of the Royal Air Force.]]
[[Image: Vlcsnap-2015-05-10-18h31m03s129.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Northrop N-3PB Nomad of the Royal Air Force.]]

==  Northrop N-3PB Nomad ==
[[Image: Vlcsnap-2015-05-10-18h31m48s74.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Northrop N-3PB Nomad of the Royal Air Force.]]
[[Image: Vlcsnap-2015-05-10-18h31m52s110.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Northrop N-3PB Nomad of the Royal Air Force.]]
[[Image: Vlcsnap-2015-05-10-18h32m52s201.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Northrop N-3PB Nomad of the Royal Air Force.]]
[[Image: Vlcsnap-2015-05-10-18h34m11s218.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Northrop N-3PB Nomad of the Royal Air Force.]]
[[Image: Vlcsnap-2015-05-10-18h35m35s33.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Northrop N-3PB Nomad of the Royal Air Force.]]
[[Image: Vlcsnap-2015-05-10-18h35m52s209.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Northrop N-3PB Nomad of the Royal Air Force.]]
[[Image: Vlcsnap-2015-05-10-18h36m57s88.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Northrop N-3PB Nomad of the Royal Air Force.]]
[[Image: Vlcsnap-2015-05-10-18h37m01s123.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Northrop N-3PB Nomad of the Royal Air Force.]]

==  Northrop N-3PB Nomad ==
The last surviving N3-PB was salvaged from the Thjorsa River in Iceland after being submerged for 36 years.
[[Image: Vlcsnap-2015-05-10-18h37m47s74.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Northrop N-3PB Nomad of the Royal Air Force.]]
[[Image: Vlcsnap-2015-05-10-18h37m53s132.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Northrop N-3PB Nomad of the Royal Air Force.]]
The aircraft was fully restored by volunteers of the Western Museum of Flight in Hawthorne, California.
[[Image: Vlcsnap-2015-05-10-18h38m04s251.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Northrop N-3PB Nomad of the Royal Air Force.]]
She is now on display in the Forsvarets flysamling Gardermoen/ Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection in Oslo.
[[Image: Vlcsnap-2015-05-10-18h38m12s68.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Northrop N-3PB Nomad of the Royal Air Force.]]

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