Warbird Information Exchange

Per request, I believe these all to be post-war NAS FG-1D's. I'm not sure what the differences are in FG-1D's to F4U-1D's other than who built them so I'll leave the distinguishing up to the experts. There is a request for FG-1D's from NAS Glenview. I have posted a few early NAS Glenview photos. I'm going to take a guess and say the bands and numbers are red on the early photos?


FG-1D NAS Glenview 1949-3


FG-1D of is on the ground at NAS Livermore 1946


2-Goodyear FG-1D Corsair out of NAS New York, 1947.


FG-1D


FG-1D NAS Glenview 1949


FG-1D Corsair aircraft from St. Louis, MO, Reserves on the ground at NAS St. Louis, MO 1946


FG-1D


FG-1D NAS Glenview 1949


FG-1D


FG-1D Corsair aircraft from MARTU Minneapolis, MN-2


FG-1D Corsair aircraft from NARTU New Orleans 1949


FG-1D Corsair aircraft from NARTU New Orleans is on the ground at NAS Pensacola, FL 1949


FG-1D aircraft from MARTU Minneapolis, MN, is on the ground at MCAS El Toro, CA 1949


F4U aircraft from NARU Grosse, Ile, MI 1950


FG-1D Corsair aircraft of NARTU Dallas,TX 1953


FG-1D NAS Glenview 1949


Goodyear Navy F4U Corsair, BuNo 92513, FG-1D, assigned to a Reserve Unit at NAS Minneapolis, MN 1955


Goodyear Navy F4U Corsair, FG-1D, assigned to a Reserve Unit at NAS Minneapolis, MN 1955


FG-1D Corsair aircraft from NARTU Oakland, CA


FG-1D Corsair aircraft from NARTU on the ground at NAS Sand Point, WA.


FG-1D Corsair aircraft of NARTU South Weymouth Naval Reserve, MA 1951


Marine F4U-4 aircraft from MARTD Dallas, TX, on the ground with propellars still turning at MCAS El Toro, CA 1950


Goodyear Navy F4U Corsairs, FG-1D, parked inside a hanger with wings folded at NAS Minneapolis, MN circa 1955


FG-1D Oakland Naval Reserve (NAS Oakland)


FG-1D aircraft from NARU Miami, FL 1950


FG-1D Corsair aircraft of VF-43 are in flight at NAS Atlantic City, NJ 1945


Six (6) FG-1D Corsair aircraft from MARTU Minneapolis, MN 1953


FG-1D Corsair aircraft of VF-821 on the ground at NAS New Orleans, LA 1950


FG-1D Corsair aircraft from NARTU on the ground at Olathe, KA 1946


FG-1D aircraft from MARTD Grosse, Ile, MI, are on the ground at MCAS Cherry Point, NC 1947 (Dad's group)


F4U and FG-1D Corsair aircraft of VBF-151 are on the ground at NAS Wildwood, NJ 1945


Naval Reserve Vought F4U Corsairs leaving NAS Dallas, TX for NAS Pensacola, Fl on August 29, 1948


Vought F4U-1D Corsair aircraft on the ground in large numbers.


FG-1D NAS Grosse Ile (Dad's group)


FG-1D NAS Columbus 1954


FG-1D


FG-1D NAS Grosse Ile (Dad's group)


FG-1D NAS Grosse Ile


FG-1D NAS Grosse Ile


FG-1D NAS Grosse Ile


FG-1D NAS Grosse Ile

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Chuck here's an idea of what NAS Glenview looked like.


F4U-5 aircraft of the USNR is on the ground at USNR Glenview, IL 1951


F4U NAS Glenview 1951


F4U aircraft is on the ground at USNR Glenview, IL 1951


SB2C-5s of Attack Squadron 728 (VA-728) pictured on the ground at NAS Glenview, IL1949


Five (5) F6F-3 USNR Hellcat aircraft of NARU Glenview, IL


Grumman F8F-1's from NAS Glenview 1949


Grumman F8F-1's from NAS Glenview 1949


Grumman F8F-1's from NAS Glenview 1949


Grumman F8F-1's from NAS Glenview 1949


F9F's over Chicago NAS Glenview


A-4Bs of Naval Air Reserve (NAR) Unit Glenview in flight formation over Chicago 1963


A-4Bs of Naval Air Reserve (NAR) Unit Glenview in flight formation over Chicago 1963


F6F's Naval Air Station Glenview 1948

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Nice color shot of the Grosse Ile Corsair invading Canadian airspace over Windsor with Detroit across the river in the background. Quite a few landmarks in that photo on both sides of the river are still easy to find.

August

Any Glenview SNJs?

I'll dig some up for you, for the time being take a look here.


AM-1Q on the ground at Naval Air [Reserve] Station (NAS) Glenview. Glenview SNJ's beyond

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... and some more Groovy Glenview stuff ...


Vought AU-1 Corsair on the ground at NAS Glenview, IL 1956


Vought AU-1 Corsair on the ground at NAS Glenview, IL 1956


Vought AU-1 Corsair on the ground at NAS Glenview, IL 1956


F9F-2 Panther aircraft of VF-71 on the ground at NAS Glenview, IL 1951


F2H-1 Banshee aircraft is on the ground at FTR Director School in NAS Glenview, IL.


F2H-1 Banshee aircraft is on the ground at FTR Director School in NAS Glenview, IL 1951


AM-1 on the ground at Naval Air [Reserve] Station (NAS) Glenview.


FJ-4B Fury aircraft from Naval Air Reserve Training Unit Glenview are on the ground at NAS Glenview, IL 1961


NAS Glenview 1944


NAS Glenview 1948


NAS Glenview 1948


Naval Air Station Glenview 1960's


Naval Air Station Glenview

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Thanks Mark. I used to live near Glenview, but not until the mid-1970s. I do remember the military propliners and A-6s that used to fly out of there vividly.

NARU New Orleans moved from the South shore of Lake Pontchartrain just West of Lakefront Airport in 1954 out to the bogs of Callandar Field in New Orleans East (sounds so upscale, just don't step off the edge of the cement, you'll sink in the swamp). The NARU site became University of New Orleans' campus (or, as it's referred to by the locals, 'Dillard by the Sea')

NARU/NAS Sand Point, the starting and end point of the Armys Round the world flight in 1924 was closed years ago and is now Magnuson city park. Some of the hangers still exist as film sound stages and rented out for special projects needing a lot of room. I haven't been there in decades and don't know if there's even a plinth or placard stating that the RTW started and ended there but I doubt there is, as Seattle has a bad habit of shovelling dirt on anything historic. None of the runway outlines even exist anymore.

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DP, sorry...

Any idea what happened to the Columbus NAS FG-1s?

Me being a local I would freak out if our CAF FG-1 was one of the Columbus NAS birds...even more than the hubub over the characterization of Lucifer in the current Bible TV series looking like a senior govt official...

Had to put that last quip in to get people to look at my question

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CAF Ohio Wing/Airbase Georgia Member
PT-19/26, T-34 CAF Pilot


Favorite quote from Wind, Sand & Stars - A. St. Exupuery "friends are like trees...when they are gone we miss their shade"

Yea Mark, Lets see some NAS Columbus photos of FG-1D's... Bird #5 is ours...

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Here's a few more Columbus NAS birds for ya's


NAS Columbus 1949


NAS Litchfield Park 1959


VF-695, attached to NAS Columbus, OH, flies F6Fs over Miami, FL 1952


Navy Grumman F6F-5 Hellcats with Post-War Navy Reserve Unit Markings from NAS Columbus, OH


NAS Columbus 1950

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Cool stuff Mark !!
Thanks
Chuck

THANK YOU FOR THE GLENVIEW PHOTOS!

As a token of gratitude, here's another sampling from the booklet Dilberts Still Fly (or as I call it, 28 Ways to Ruin a Stearman and Possibly Yourself); these were all wartime accidents at Glenview:

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

Thx for the post. Good stuff, and your welcome Chris, how about a license plate, source NMNA archives







Here's your CAF Corsair looking quite new ...


Paul Thayer, left, chairman and chief executive officer of the LTV Corporation, presents a completely restored Vought F4U Corsair to Confederate Air Force Deputy Commander Walt Estridge 3-17-1981.
The ceremony, held during the CAF's March 14 airshow in Harlingen, TX, climaxed a year-long restroation by volunteer workers at Vought Corporation, which is LTV's aerospace subsidiary. The LTV Chairman flew the aircraft in the show.

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