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Ever see 4 Corsairs take off at the same time?!! ...

Wed Jun 09, 2021 8:29 pm

me neither ...

https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/digital/coll ... ps/id/3250

Re: Ever see 4 Corsairs take off at the same time?!! ...

Wed Jun 09, 2021 9:12 pm

Thought I was watching Baa Baa Black Sheep... :)

Phil

Re: Ever see 4 Corsairs take off at the same time?!! ...

Thu Jun 10, 2021 5:45 am

phil65 wrote:Thought I was watching Baa Baa Black Sheep... :)

Phil



Yeah I thought we'd see Sgt. Micklin appear yelling at a pilot any second.

Re: Ever see 4 Corsairs take off at the same time?!! ...

Thu Jun 10, 2021 6:46 am

Cool video! Bonus TBM/TBF action as well.

Re: Ever see 4 Corsairs take off at the same time?!! ...

Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:41 pm

That’s Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton. The very same location where “Flying Leathernecks” was filmed and likely around the same time as this film was made.
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Re: Ever see 4 Corsairs take off at the same time?!! ...

Thu Jun 10, 2021 4:49 pm

Awfully wide runway....

Re: Ever see 4 Corsairs take off at the same time?!! ...

Fri Jul 09, 2021 3:16 pm

phil65 wrote:Thought I was watching Baa Baa Black Sheep... :)

Phil


That's exactly what you were watching! The Corsairs with the red prop hubs and 'WE' on the tail are in fact VMF-214 Black Sheep Corsairs. This was filmed about 4 years after Pappy was shot down in the Pacific though, so they are "post-war" Black Sheep birds.
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