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Anyone notice that the wires on the instrument panel are tied to a "radiation tag"?
Has something to do with the luminescent material used for the indicator markings on instruments...
As a bit of FYI on the last batch of images, the one labeled as 'Hellcat' is a Bearcat... nice image, 'tis the nicest scan I've seen on the web of that particular scene.
And so it is, but seeing as I did not title that pic, I officially decline any responsibility for said incorrectness.......
__________________ "This Was a Fight to The Death.... He's Out to Kill Me, and I'm Gonna Get Him..."
--Capt. Stan "Swede" Vejtasa "Hollywood Finally Got it Right..." - 12/15/07
Good catch, BW. Does anyone know the story about that crash? The folding wingtips are torn off of the bearcat. I wonder if it was because of the crash, or if it caused the crash.
Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda.
And so it is, but seeing as I did not title that pic, I officially decline any responsibility for said incorrectness.......
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Originally Posted by evangilder
Does anyone know the story about that crash? The folding wingtips are torn off of the bearcat. I wonder if it was because of the crash, or if it caused the crash.
Only the wingtips are damaged/missing... the wingfolds are at the flap/aileron break.
At first I thought he may have had a gear collapse on landing (starboard mainmount is missing) and then plowed into the island, ripping the starboard wingtip off and swinging the ship up and around into the island. But I've seen this photo in several printed and online sources and knew that I'd also seen another shot of this accident. So I did some digging...
This was F8F-1 BuNo95395 of VF-19A onboard USS Tarawa (CV-40). This was the aftermath of a barrier strike during landing on 5 August 1947. She missed the wires, floated into the barrier and bounced a couple times before coming to rest against the island. Pilot was A-O-K.
Here's a shot of the second bounce...
Image source: Bent and Battered Wings - USN&USMC Damaged Aircraft 1943-1953 by Jim Sullivan, published by Squadron/Signal
__________________ "This Was a Fight to The Death.... He's Out to Kill Me, and I'm Gonna Get Him..."
--Capt. Stan "Swede" Vejtasa "Hollywood Finally Got it Right..." - 12/15/07
Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda.
__________________ "This Was a Fight to The Death.... He's Out to Kill Me, and I'm Gonna Get Him..."
--Capt. Stan "Swede" Vejtasa "Hollywood Finally Got it Right..." - 12/15/07
__________________ "This Was a Fight to The Death.... He's Out to Kill Me, and I'm Gonna Get Him..."
--Capt. Stan "Swede" Vejtasa "Hollywood Finally Got it Right..." - 12/15/07
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Nice pics Les!
Not sure what happened, maybe it's nose hit the ground on landing. Whatever happened it made a real mess of the plane.
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I would assume he landed off the runway and did the typical -109 nose over... Dudes lucky to survive unscathed...
__________________ "This Was a Fight to The Death.... He's Out to Kill Me, and I'm Gonna Get Him..."
--Capt. Stan "Swede" Vejtasa "Hollywood Finally Got it Right..." - 12/15/07
Definitely lucky. Could have been a ground loop. The 109 was notorious for that problem. Seeing the nose and the tail snapped off makes me think it was a ground loop that caused him to cartwheel.
Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda.
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