Warbird Information Exchange

I was looking through my copy of World War II U.S. Navy Air Combat, By Robert Lawson and Barrett Tillman. When I came across this statement on page 98.

"In November 1944, a PBJ-1H was launched and recovered during carrier suitability trials from Shangri-la ( CV-38 )."

When I read this I immediately thought of the thread on the Mustang carrier trials. http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=21732&highlight=essex

I'd really like to see some photos of the PBJ trials.

Where can I find them?

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Curtis Block

I've seen too many airplanes destroyed by the term "Static Restoration."

Here 'ya be...


Bluejacket.com



From unknown publication


A trap...


Picture Hangar.com


There's a number of other photos out there... hopefully someone will have decent images of some of them. I'd be especially interesting in a larger version of that trap photo.


Fade to Black...

Thanks,

It would be interesting to see a closeup of the tail hook setup.

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Curtis Block

I've seen too many airplanes destroyed by the term "Static Restoration."

Wow, now that is cool! Obviously they knew they could take off. But the landing...