 | Is this an A26 or a F7F| Aviation Discuss Is this an A26 or a F7F in the World War II - Aviation forums; Theres a spirited debate on the B29 forum about this aircraft. It was taken in 1945 or 1946 on Guam.
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08-23-2006, 12:00 AM
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| Is this an A26 or a F7F
Theres a spirited debate on the B29 forum about this aircraft. It was taken in 1945 or 1946 on Guam.
Is it an A26 or a F7F? I'm leaning for the A26 because of the wing span.
If you respond, tell me the reason you think so.
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08-23-2006, 01:06 AM
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| It's an A-26 Invader. I'm sure of it. | |
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08-23-2006, 03:41 AM
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| Yes, it's an A-26. The fuselage is too wide for it to be an F7F. | |
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08-23-2006, 06:30 AM
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Country:  | If it's an A-26, look at the canopy, no clamshells. Is it an early one? I tried to blow up the photo, can't make it out.
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08-23-2006, 09:56 AM
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| The vertical stabilizer was the tell for me along with the nose. The F7F has a more pointy snout.
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08-23-2006, 10:01 AM
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Country: | I think it might be an A-20G
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08-23-2006, 10:06 AM
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Country: | I take that back, it looks like an A-26
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08-23-2006, 11:46 AM
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Country:  | Looks like an A-26 to me, has a more rounded nose than the F7F has.
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08-23-2006, 12:40 PM
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Country: | A-26, it has a bomb bay, a short nosewheel and a big fusilage........
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08-23-2006, 04:45 PM
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Country:  | Zooming the picture shows a clamshell arrangement for the front undercarriage as opposed to being attached to the leg down to the wheel.
Also visible are the air intakes on the cowling tops.
A-26 for my choice.
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08-23-2006, 07:00 PM
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Country:  | Yup, I'd say A 26.
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08-23-2006, 07:16 PM
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Country: | I have no idea how anyone can think that plane is a F7F Tigercat. One give away is the glazed nose ! 
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08-24-2006, 03:02 AM
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Country: | what's even more unbelievable is that they're debating it, i mean what arguments do they have for it being a Tigercat, it's got two radials? 
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08-24-2006, 12:47 PM
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| Lanc, the guys who were debating it were flying these aircraft since before our parents were little babies or even before they were born.
Sometimes their memory has faded a bit.
Plus they pointed out that sometimes the planes were modified on the airfield for one reason or another and it was never documented "officially". I would not put it past some marine to say "if the AAF had droop snoot P38's, why cant we have droop snoot Tigercats".
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08-25-2006, 02:25 AM
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#15 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | that's fair enough if they're older and not just armchair pilots, but with a bomb bay  
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