Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:26 pm
Wildcat.
Mid-wing, cockpit & top deck destroyed, no straight front or rear edges on center section, gun bays look to be right, constant taper from fuselage to tips, ailerons look right shape.
Wildcat.
Jerry
Mid-wing, cockpit & top deck destroyed, no straight front or rear edges on center section, gun bays look to be right, constant taper from fuselage to tips, ailerons look right shape.
Wildcat.
Jerry
Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:49 pm
Looks to me like it could be a Helldiver.
Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:00 pm
Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:06 pm
That's a tough one. I'm leaning towards helldiver, but to be honest, it's probably a lot easier to say what it is not, than what it could be.
-David
-David
Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:23 pm
It could very easily be upside down too.
Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:25 pm
Oh wait....
I just did a google image search and came across the picture.
http://picasaweb.google.com/thomas.bran ... 8951743714
The caption for the photo says:
"View from atop the mast of the private yacht Freydis as it passes by a sunken three-seat Japanese float plane from WW2, said to have been sunk by American aircraft while anchored in the Shortland group of the Solomon Islands. This picture was taken on a six-week trip by private sailboat through the seldom-visited islands north of New Guinea, in an area of the South Pacific known as the Solomon Sea. Most of the islets here have no airport or regularly scheduled boat services, and their way of life is traditional by economic necessity."
So, a three seat Japanese floatplane. Could it be a... Aichi M6A1 Seiran?
- David
I just did a google image search and came across the picture.
http://picasaweb.google.com/thomas.bran ... 8951743714
The caption for the photo says:
"View from atop the mast of the private yacht Freydis as it passes by a sunken three-seat Japanese float plane from WW2, said to have been sunk by American aircraft while anchored in the Shortland group of the Solomon Islands. This picture was taken on a six-week trip by private sailboat through the seldom-visited islands north of New Guinea, in an area of the South Pacific known as the Solomon Sea. Most of the islets here have no airport or regularly scheduled boat services, and their way of life is traditional by economic necessity."
So, a three seat Japanese floatplane. Could it be a... Aichi M6A1 Seiran?
- David
Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:35 pm
HERE YOU GO DAVID
Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:53 pm
Broken-Wrench wrote:looks like a Kingfisher to me
I just saw this thread and immediately thought the same as BW...
Ryan
Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:55 pm
I'm gonna say F6F.
Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:02 pm
Soloman Islands, Gizo
Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:11 pm
Three-seat Japanese floatplane? I'm thinking Aichi E13A "Jake." Wing planform looks about right, and the Seiran saw very limited service. The missing panels aren't symetrical, leading me to think they're either chunks of skin that were "souveniered," or just natural deterioration.
SN
SN
Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:33 pm
I'm still thinking a Kingfisher makes more sense...
Ryan
Ryan
Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:15 pm
Wildcat gets my vote
Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:26 am
Looks like a Helldiver. It has three place for three crew members. Plus the gun reloading doors on the wings are off as the SB2C did have wing cannons. And the tail is broken off. How any times have we seen a Helldiver with a broken back? Too many to count.
Either way it looks Navy......no use dreaming of recovering this one then!
Either way it looks Navy......no use dreaming of recovering this one then!
Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:52 am
what ever it is.......... it's their to stay with all the red tape in that region 