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Some Christmas Candles ...

Thu Dec 24, 2015 10:51 am

... for those who do Xmas of course ... (your all off the hook now, last post of the year) :wink:

Happy Holidays vets!!!!! ... any everyone else.

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P-47

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P-82

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F-84E

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F-84F

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P-38

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Royal Navy Hellcat

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Royal Navy Martlet

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Hellcat

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Corsair

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Avenger

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Skyraider

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P-51

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P-51

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F-84

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F-84F

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Hellcat loaded up with Kids and Cops waiting for some dude in red to show up ... :wink:

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For those of you in the snow. Pack up the family and go sledding ...

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BTW for those interested: I just purchased over 900 rarely seen Corsair photos. If you like "all-things" Corsair, keep an eye out next year.

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Have some great time off, remember the past, present and current service members and be good humans. :supz:

Re: Some Christmas Candles ...

Thu Dec 24, 2015 11:24 am

I wonder what the "retractable posts" are referred to in the F-82 photo? If those are rockets on the centerline positions, they seem awfully close to the prop arcs!

Re: Some Christmas Candles ...

Fri Dec 25, 2015 1:06 am

I'm a Corsair fanatic and I look forward to these 900 shots!

Re: Some Christmas Candles ...

Fri Dec 25, 2015 2:45 am

A Merry Christmas to you and all my fellow WIXers!

Re: Some Christmas Candles ...

Fri Dec 25, 2015 11:43 am

bump

Re: Some Christmas Candles ...

Sat Dec 26, 2015 10:07 am

Well it looked to be a successful mission with some pretty impressive "kills" ...

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Re: Some Christmas Candles ...

Sat Dec 26, 2015 10:09 am

Scooby wrote:I'm a Corsair fanatic and I look forward to these 900 shots!

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Re: Some Christmas Candles ...

Mon Dec 28, 2015 1:17 pm

Curious lower wing leading edge "adapters" for the 5-inch HVAR's on the British Hellcat and Wildcat (Martlet?) Don't know that I have ever seen that kind of installation before....

Thanks as always Mark! I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and will have a Happy New Year!

Re: Some Christmas Candles ...

Mon Dec 28, 2015 4:59 pm

Rajay wrote:Curious lower wing leading edge "adapters" for the 5-inch HVAR's on the British Hellcat and Wildcat (Martlet?) Don't know that I have ever seen that kind of installation before....




Those may be RP-3 (60lb) rockets, or FFAR's - small diameter body with large head

Re: Some Christmas Candles ...

Mon Dec 28, 2015 5:41 pm

Your always welcome gents ...

Here's some more rockets on T-bolts.

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P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-26357) of the 353rd Fighter Group fitted with rocket launchers at Raydon

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P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-26357) of the 353rd Fighter Group fitted with rocket launchers at Raydon

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British rocket equipment fitted to the wing of a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-8053).

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Personnel of the 389th Bomb Group fit a rocket launcher to the tail of a B-24 Liberator.

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Re: Some Christmas Candles ...

Tue Dec 29, 2015 4:44 pm

Always great stuff Mark, I look forward to those Corsair photo's.
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