TIRED OLD VET. CORSAIR
Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:02 am
SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE TOOK A BEATING, BUT I BET SHE KICKED BUTTT..
Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:08 am
the vegie-tation appears to be that of the South, Pensacola perhaps?
Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:51 am
Looks like care has been taken to protect this bird from the weather for a period of time.
Could this be a Pensecola museum bird in storage?
Jerry
Could this be a Pensecola museum bird in storage?
Jerry
Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:02 pm
Yes Jerry, thats it.
Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:34 pm
Amazing photo!! That's F4U-5N, BuNo.122189, now at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum at MCAS Miramar in California.
She actually did kick butt, specifically North Korean butt while serving with VC-3 squadron aboard the USS Essex ( June 1, 1952 - February 9, 1953).
Was there a date associated with this photo?
She actually did kick butt, specifically North Korean butt while serving with VC-3 squadron aboard the USS Essex ( June 1, 1952 - February 9, 1953).
Was there a date associated with this photo?
Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:12 pm
Is this it in KOREA?
Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:35 pm
That's the plane while at NAS Whiting Field (c1975) after the Navy traded it to the USMC Museum in exchange for an FG-1D. The Marine Corps engineers tore the plane down, refurbished it, and actually flew it out of there a year or so later to MCAS Cherry Point in North Carolina.
Photo Date
Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:40 pm
Given the fact that there are numerous T-28's on the ramp it is no doubt a stateside photo...most likely at a Florida or Texas training field. As the T-28's are sporting a red and white paint scheme (introduced in the late '50s) I would estimate the photo to have been taken no earlier than about 1959.
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Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:41 pm
The photo gone by sounds like the F4U-5 at Whiting I posted a long time back and send to Rob (?) for his book. It was at Whiting North when my step-dad was flying T-28s there.
