CoastieJohn wrote:
For grits-n-giggles, has anyone located any archival video footage of the Lex showing some of the located airframes? That would be something to see 1942 footage and then see a current color pic of the same airframe.
http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675054241_USS-Lexington_aircraft-carrier_naval-guns_aircraft-stand-stationary-on-the-flight-deckIm sure some might turn up. I thought I read somewhere that a TBD T-8 had been sighted, this vid shows a TBD 6-T-8. Not sure if its the same aircraft in the earlier paint scheme or not. Like today, aircraft markings can change from one day to the next. Im sure Paul's team has images of BuNos and the research efforts are most likely on their way as we speak as I'd bet a shiny nickle the certain unpublished images and info have already been shared with the NMNA in Pensacola.
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Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat fighters, of Fighting Squadron Three (VF-3) in flight near Naval Air Station, Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii, 10 April 1942. The planes are Bureau # 3976 (F-1, foreground), flown by VF-3 Commanding Officer Lieutenant Commander John S. Thach, and Bureau # 3986 (F-13), flown by Lieutenant Edward H. O'Hare. Photographed by Photographer Second Class H.S. Fawcett.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-10613).
On February 20, 1942, F-1, flown by Thach and LT Noel Gayler, shot down a bomber and assisted in downing two more bombers and a patrol plane. F-13, flown by Thach and ENS Leon Haynes, shot down a bomber and assisted in downing another bomber and a patrol plane.
Both of these aircraft were lost a little less than a month later with USS Lexington (CV-2), during the Battle of Coral Sea.
Hopefully the team spots these 2 Wildcats down there as well.
Shay
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