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T38TALON
PostPosted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 12:21 am 
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I'm looking for Corsair photos from the Fleet Air Arm, particularly in and around Australia.
Any leads would be appreciated.
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fiftycal
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T38TALON
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Hahaha, not really what I had in mind, but I'll take anything.
Thanks T.
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mike furline
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fiftycal
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they looked like this

HMS Vengeance 45, SWPA
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HMS Victorious 45, SWPA
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Burma etc
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source http://wp.scn.ru
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Sasquatch
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Photos galore at:

https://www.google.com/search?q=fleet+a ... Cr0QsAQIIQ
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T38TALON
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Thanks everyone. I'm looking more for black and white photos from personal collections that are not on google image search.
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Duggy009
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Have you looked here?
LINK -- http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/searc ... er_page=10

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T38TALON
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Thanks Duggy. That's more what I'm looking for.
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Scooby
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Here is one of my favourite albums:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/billchilt ... 508459555/
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T38TALON
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Thanks Scooby.
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K225
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Lots of interesting photos in this three part series on the Vintage Wings of Canada site, title Navy Blue Fighter Pilot:

http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/ ... e-One.aspx

http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/ ... e-Two.aspx

http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/ ... r-End.aspx

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T38TALON
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Thanks k225, there's some good stuff in there.
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Scooby
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K225 wrote:
Lots of interesting photos in this three part series on the Vintage Wings of Canada site, title Navy Blue Fighter Pilot:

http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/ ... e-One.aspx

http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/ ... e-Two.aspx

http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/ ... r-End.aspx


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