US Naval history never covered enough ... (color)

[Stephan Wilkinson]

I think that PANTER of CAG 2 is sliding past Mt. Fuji.

Not Fuji. Japan is nowhere near that mountainous and empty. I'm guessing one of the Washington or Oregon Three Sisters.

[Chris Brame]

That's the first time I've seen a B model Twin Mustang in the night fighter scheme with the pod; for that matter, it's the first B I've seen photographed besides 44-65162 and 44-65168. Thanks for finding it, as well as the two shots of Glenview planes (V on the tail).

Also that snake-nosed Corsair #18 is in several photos - did it really go down an open elevator? Must have been a big surprise to the guys on the hangar deck. Baugher info:

96845 (VMF-323, USS Sicily) hit barrier on landing and flipped over Jul 28, 1951.
Pilot injured.

[Mark Allen M]

More post-WW2 color images per request, happy to post them for ya's .... (but sorry in advance if I can't keep up with the riveting Amelia Earhart Redux thread.)


A TBM-3N Avenger of Fleet All-Weather Training Unit Pacific (FAWTU Pacific) pictured during carrier qualification on board the carrier Badoeng Strait (CVE 116) off Hawaii. 1950


A TBM-3R Avenger of Transport Squadron (VR) 23 in flight over Korea. 1953


TBM-3E Avenger pictured in flight from Naval Air Station (NAS) Quonset Point enroute to Naval Auxillary Air Station (NAAS) Charleston. 1949


TBM-3E Avenger with the Naval Air Reserve Training Unit (NARTU) Minneapolis (this would make for a great scheme today)


A TBM-3R Avenger of Transport Squadron (VR) 23 at Briscoe Field, Yodo Island, South Korea 1953


F4U-4B Corsair aircraft of VMF-323 K-1 in Korea. 1951


F4U-4 Korea 1951


F4U-4 Corsair aircraft of VF-192 lined up together on the deck of the USS Princeton (CV-37) getting ready to launch. 1951


A flight of Marine Corps FJ-4B Fury aircraft of VA-214 is over Diamond Head, HI. 1958


A flight of four (4) FJ-3 Fury by North American Aviation from VF-21 are in flight over the USS Forrestal (CVA-59) in the Atlantic Ocean. 1956


F-9F 1965


F7F Korea 1951


B-29 K-13 AB Korea 1952


B-29's 1952


B-29's 1952


A-26 K-14 AB Korea 1953


1953, Aboard USS Philippine Sea


Blue Angels F9F's 1950's

[The Inspector]

WONDERFUL!!!!!!!
Looks like the TIGERCAT had some sort of rudder issue or a group of teenagers stole it overnight-

[bdk]

The Corsair was put on the elevator and lowered so they could pull the tail vertical and flip the plane back upright.

[Adam Kline]

Thanks for posting. I will be studying them for awhile.

[DH82EH]

Yeah, thanks as always Mark.
I really enjoy your threads and the observations of the WIX brain trust.

Andy Scott

[Mark Allen M]

Some more good stuff ...


TBM Avengers of the Naval Air Reserve assigned to Naval Air Station (NAS) Oakland, California, fly past the carrier Antietam (CV 36) 1950


TBM-3E Avengers of Antisubmarine Squadron (VS) 31 on board the carrier Siboney (CVE 112). 1949-2


TBM-3E Avengers of Attack Squadron (VA) 8A lined up at an unidentified airfield. 1947


TBM-3E Avengers of Antisubmarine Squadron (VS) 31 on board the carrier Siboney (CVE 112). 1949


NAS China Lake 1970


USS Antietam 1952


USS Antietam 1953


FJ-3 Fury jet fighter aircraft of VF-51 is on the deck USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) in the Western Pacifici Ocean. 1957


A former Japanese Tachikawa Ki-9 Spruce pictured at airfield K-1 in South Korea during 1951. Note that it is painted in South Korean markings. 1951


A former Japanese Tachikawa Ki-9 Spruce pictured at airfield K-1 in South Korea during 1951. Note that it is painted in South Korean markings. 1951