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Jack Cook · **Posted:** Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:34 pm

F6F-5 Minsi II CAG-15 USS Essex

F6F-5 VF-29 USS Cabot 1945

F6F-5 VBF-13 1946

F6F-3 VF-10 Big E 1944

F6F-5 VF-3 USS Yorktown 1945

Yikes!!!

F6F-5 NAF Washington DC 1973

Robbie Stuart · **Posted:** Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:38 am

Yea Man!! Love those Cats.

Pat Carry · **Posted:** Tue Nov 24, 2009 10:15 am

Great photos Jack

Django · **Posted:** Tue Nov 24, 2009 12:05 pm

What are those "arms" coming off of the motor behind the prop?

SHAEF1944 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 24, 2009 1:00 pm

Django wrote:

What are those "arms" coming off of the motor behind the prop?

I may be way off, but they look like a set-up to align gunsight with the wing guns ?
As opposed to bore-sighting ?

Again, I may be way off .....

jschillereff · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:16 pm

I noticed those also and I think they are put on during maintenance so someone in the cockpit will know not to turn the engine over.
Jason

51fixer · **Posted:** Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:57 pm

SHAEF1944 wrote:

Django wrote:

What are those "arms" coming off of the motor behind the prop?

I may be way off, but they look like a set-up to align gunsight with the wing guns ?
As opposed to bore-sighting ?

Again, I may be way off .....

Probably true given the card at the end which aligns with the machine guns.
They also did something similar with the later P-51Ds.

Otherwise my guess is laundry day.

Rich

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