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Holy Roasting Corsair

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 5:57 pm
by Jack Cook
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My cousin Don's F4U-1D after landing on the Bennington March 1945.

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:06 pm
by mike furline
Was he going Mach 10??? At least the prop and tires faired well.

Mike

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:23 pm
by kenlyco
Did they drop it in the drink?

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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:28 pm
by Jack Cook
Yup right over the side.
BTW hit by flak while making a rocket/straffing attack on a Japanese airfield. He was MIA a few weeks later :cry:

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:10 pm
by jaybird
a little MEK rub down and she'd be ready for fabric and paint! :wink:

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:51 pm
by Green Goggles
Ya, man, a little Zaino and that'll buff right out. Image

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:46 pm
by Lynn Allen
A walk in the park for Gary Austin.... :wink:

Lynn