Warbird Information Exchange

Yah! yah! I know ... poor humor and a silly thread, but in some weird way all these photos lined up have a sort of 'artsy' look to them. The 109 photos seem to defy a bit of gravity IMO. Nose overs of course were a pretty common practice on Navy carriers wouldn't you think? Not one prang or ding caused by dad on a single carrier in his day though. Not the same could be said for his time in the Naval reserves. Photos courtesy of X-wix member 'Hellcatdriver"


The first production TBF-1 Avenger pictured on the ground at the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation in Bethpage, NY.


Personnel surround a damaged TBF-1 Avenger that crashed on the flight deck of the training aircraft carrier Sable (IX 81)


F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft of VF-150 took a barrier crash on the deck of USS Lake Champlain (CV-39) in the Atlantic 1945


TBM-1 Avenger, with Torpedo Squadron Fifty (VT-50) on the USS BATAAN (CVL-29)


FM-2 Wildcat aircraft of VC-75 crashing into the barrier on the flight deck of the USS Manila Bay (CVE-61)


F6F-3 Hellcat aircraft of VF-24 or VF-6 has crashed nose down on the deck of the USS Yorktown (CV-10). 1944


F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft of VF-23 crashed on the deck of USS Langley (CVL-27). 1945


F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft of VF-23 crashed on the deck of USS Langley (CVL-27) 1945


F6F-3 Hellcat aircraft of VF-10 landed on nose on the USS Enterprise (CV-6). 1944


F6F-3 Grumman Hellcat aircraft of VF-9 has landed on the flight deck of the USS Yorktown (CV-10) 1945


F6F-3 Hellcat aircraft of VF-31 nose down after landing on the deck of the USS Cabot (CVL-28).


F6F-3 Hellcat aircraft of VF-16 in a barrier crash on the flight deck of the USS Lexington (CV-16) 1943


An F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft of VF-29 is on the nose after a barrier catch on the deck of the USS Cabot (CVL-28).


SBD-5 of Bombing Squadron Sixteen (VB-16) noses over after taking the barrier on the flight deck of USS Lexington (CV-16).


344th Fighter Squadron P-40K


Alaskan P-40's


P-51C


P-47


P-47 367th FS 358th FG 9th AF


P-47


Operation Torch F4F


P-39


Bf109E-1-B WNr3304 yellow 7 from 6-JG27 on June 24 1941 Russia


Bf109E-1-B WNr3304 yellow 7 from 6-JG27 on June 24 1941 Russia


Bf109E-1-B WNr3304 yellow 7 from 6-JG27 on June 24 1941 Russia


Bf109E-1-B WNr3304 yellow 7 from 6-JG27 on June 24 1941 Russia


109


190


190


190


190


190


Avenger NAS Moffett field 1944


18th Fighter Squadron P-40E


F4U


F4U USS Essex 1945

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gravity & balance are sure amazing!!

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

Holy headstands Mark, there's some SPECTACULAR Hellcat shots in there! As a modeler, these shots are often the best one could possibly hope for when it comes to sorting out the weathering patterns on the uppersurfaces- and brother, did you deliver!

There's at least one 109 shot where the thing went over in such a way that it balanced perfectly on the nose, held up by all three prop blades flat against the ground. So impressive, even the Soviet judge gave the pilot a 9.5. And there's also a similar photo of an MS 406 in the Osprey "French Aces" book.

Great, great, GREAT selection this time around- as usual for you.

Cheers!

Lynn

Here's some more 'holy headstands' for ya's ...


F6F-5 Hellcat of VF-40 USS Suwanee CVE-27


Boston / A-20


Boston / A-20


386th Bomb Group Douglas A-26 Invader


A-26


SNJ flight deck of USS Cabot CVL28


SB2C-3 of Bombing Squadron Seven VB-7 pictured after barrier crash aboard USS Hancock CV-19


SB2C-3 of Bombing Squadron VB-6 pictured after barrier crash aboard USS Hancock CV-19


B-24 captured by Germans re-captured at air field at Salsburg


P-38 Lightning from the 384th Fighter Squadron 364th Fighter Group


386th Bomb Group Martin B-26 Marauder


B-26


AT-6


AT-6


A-26 410th Bomb Group 9th Air Force


A-20 647th Bomb Squadron 410th Bomb Group 9th Air Force

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any pictures of japanese nose overs??

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

One last round of 'nosing around' ... then thus endith my nosy collage.


F4U-1 Corsair of VF-17 USS Bunker Hill


F4U-1 Corsair of VF-17 USS Bunker Hill


F4U-1 Corsair of VF-17 USS Bunker Hill


F4U-1 Corsair of VF-17 USS Bunker Hill


F4U


SBD USS Princeton CVL-23


SB2U-2 with Scouting Squadron Forty-Two VS-42 CV-30 USS CHARGER


SB2U-2 with Scouting Squadron Forty-one VS-41 CV-30 USS CHARGER


Corsair


F4U-1D Corsair on the flight deck of USS Hancock CV-19 nose down 1945


F4U Corsair on the deck of Enterprise


P-51


Spitfire


Seafire


Typhoon


Sea Fury


SB2A pictured during barrier testing at Naval Air Material Center Philadelphia PA


Ju88


Stuka


Stuka


Me 110


Ju88

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Well, well, well lets see .... here's one.


Ki-64 Tony

... and how about these? close? BTW these last two types have always been a favorite type of mine. Good looking airplanes. Too bad there are no examples flying. Real or replica.


Mitsubishi-Ki-15


Nakajima-Ki-27


Nakajima-Ki-27

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http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o67 ... 004baf.jpg

I'll bet the guys in Dauntless # 45 will use the shoulder harness next time.


That Nakajima 27 looks like a clean little airplane. It would be nice to have one.

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http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=1789&pictureid=22948


B-25B 40-2254, Ellington Field, Texas; Doolittle Raider loses nose gear while taxiing after long-distance, low-level navigation training flight, March 1942.

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Noticed on the 3rd, 6th 7th and 8th pictures the exhaust streak appears much lighter, assume it is from the lead. Were those engines being run harder with a leaner mixture or could there have been variations in the fuel?

Really like all of the pictures Mark has posted, has to be a lot of work.

I told Grumman, Republic, etc. that power brakes weren't a good idea.

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I figure if you wanted my opinion on items unrelated to this forum, you'd ask for it.

Thanks, Mark, really great photos!
This is a copy I found on the web of my father-in-law's crash. He was a newly minted ensign flying the CAG bird. The plane actually fell back onto its landing gear, and he jumped from the cockpit to the deck - not a short distance!



Richard

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Another great thread, as usual Mark. Thanks!

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ok so what i get from the first part of this is that the engines installed in gruman aircraft were very heavy lol!!!!