Re: ???
Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:24 am
Jack Cook wrote:Since it looks like a late war F6F-5 in the photo I'm going to say your dad was in VF-23 on the Langley has part of AG-23.
Jack, I far as I can tell by what he left me and and his service records I sent off for(all the exact dates are at home) he was on the USS Enterprise early in 1944 VF10 and the next tour was on the USS San Jacento VF51 the same time as Bush (I have squadron phots with both of them).
The Hellcat photo I posted was the only one showing the full plane and when I zoom in I can tell it's him. I found that same tail on a TBM that was on static display and it mentioned the USS Langley but that was as much as I could find out.
Thanks for your help!
Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:46 am
isldtime wrote:the330thbg wrote:Maybe this was taken while they were filming 'Toko-Ri'?
Not!
are you sure.., i can almost see a tiny man with a green scarf and a black hat on the flight deck..,!!!
Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:03 pm
'Nuff said.
Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:11 pm
great shots!
Cool to think that Panther 123072 "206" of VF112 might have been below decks when these shots were taken; too bad it is no longer airworthy.
thanks for posting!
greg v.
Cool to think that Panther 123072 "206" of VF112 might have been below decks when these shots were taken; too bad it is no longer airworthy.
thanks for posting!
greg v.
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Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:49 pm
I might have some more VF-23 shots but I know I have some VF-51s shots off the San Jacento. I can post some if you'd like.
Re: ???
Fri Oct 09, 2009 5:45 pm
Jack Cook wrote:I might have some more VF-23 shots but I know I have some VF-51s shots off the San Jacento. I can post some if you'd like.
That would be great-it may fill in some voids.
Fri Oct 09, 2009 5:54 pm
the330thbg wrote:Maybe this was taken while they were filming 'Toko-Ri'?
Naa, I don't think so. Different Stars
And different crew
Fri Oct 09, 2009 7:06 pm
Ok-time for a few more from USS Kearsarge CVA33 7/01/1953 to 1/18/1954
Smokin' the tires!
Smokin' the tires!
Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:21 am
A couple more...
Sat Oct 10, 2009 6:31 pm
Well It's time to get airborne
That might be my dad but how knows..
Back to the silver Panther
Let's hear any ideas what he's flying over!
MORE TO COME!
That might be my dad but how knows..
Back to the silver Panther
Let's hear any ideas what he's flying over!
MORE TO COME!
Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:18 pm
Another example of how WIX is the best resource for warbirds ever invented!
Thank you so much for posting these, and thank you to your dad for having the forethought to take them.
Thank you so much for posting these, and thank you to your dad for having the forethought to take them.
Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:21 pm
I'm sure there's more than one NAVAIR fan on this board who sees this...
and thinks this...
Absolutely jaw-droppingly awesome photos... not sure how you manage it, but each batch gets better and better. I'm almost afraid of what comes next!
Lynn
and thinks this...
Absolutely jaw-droppingly awesome photos... not sure how you manage it, but each batch gets better and better. I'm almost afraid of what comes next!
Lynn
Sun Oct 11, 2009 3:43 pm
Come on now, somebody has to know where that is!
Sun Oct 11, 2009 3:52 pm
Looks kinda like Busan, South Korea, down in the SE Corner. I've never been there, but I slept at a Holiday Inn Express last night (Kidding!) NO, I guess not, similar but NOT!
Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:24 pm
isldtime wrote:Come on now, somebody has to know where that is!
Don't know where it is, but I am curious about the polished area on the tank tip; is this for the same purpose as the polished oval area on P-38 inner engine cowlings?
Again, great shots!
greg v.