"The Hunters" F-86 Movie
Sun Jul 04, 2010 1:03 pm
Been watching "The Hunters", With Robert Mitchum, Robert Wagner, Richard Egan, flying F-86's in Korea & I thought a few Korean War era aircraft might be in order========================Can't believe it, but that's the first time Ive seen it. HEY JACK got any Korean War Stuff???? 
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DESCRIPTION: U.S. Air Force North American F-86 Sabre fighters from the 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing Checkertails are readied for combat during the Korean War at Suwon Air Base, South Korea. Date ca. 1952
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DESCRIPTION: A U.S. Air Force North American F-86F-30-NA Sabre (s/n 52-4584) in 1953. This plane was flown by U.S. Marine Corps Major John H. Glenn and dubbed "MiG Mad Marine". Glenn flew this aircraft during his time as an exchange pilot with the 25th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Wing, in Korea in mid 1953. He shot down three MiG-15 aircraft. John Glenn later became an astronaut and U.S. senator.
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DESCRIPTION: The U.S. Air Force North American F-86E Sabre (s/n 51-2832) flown by Lt. Col. Albert Kelly, 51st Fighter Interceptor Group commander, during the Korean War in 1952.
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DESCRIPTION: U.S. Army paratroopers of the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team pile out of U.S. Air Force Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar airplanes of the 314th Troop Carrier Group over the Sunchon area north of Pyongyang, Korea, on 3 November 1950.
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DESCRIPTION: A Grumman F7F-3N Tigercat night fighter of Marine night fighter squadron VMF(N)-513 Flying Nightmares at Wonsan, Korea, in 1952.
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DESCRIPTION: The only U.S. Navy Korean fighter ace Lt. Guy Bordelon smiles at the name plate on "Annie-Mo", his Vought F4U-5N Corsair fighter in which he shot down five enemy aircraft during the Korean War. Bordelon was assigned to composite squadron VC-3 Blue Nemesis, which was deployed to Korea on the aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVA-37) from 24 January to 21 September to Korea as part of Carrier Air Group 15 (CVG-15). His aircraft, a Vought F4U-5N Corsair (BuNo 124453, NP-21), was left at an airbase in Korea and Bordelon was flown back to the Princeton. An U.S. Air Force Reserve pilot later crashed the plane in an accident. Date 1953.
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DESCRIPTION: Armed U.S. Marine Corps Grumman F9F-2 Panther fighters of Marine Major James "Buzz" Sawyer, squadron VMF-115 Able Easy taxi down the runway at Pohang, Korea, on 15 March 1953.
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DESCRIPTION: Ordnancemen fixing bombs on the racks of a U.S. Navy Douglas AD-4 Skyraider during the Korean War on 25 November 1952. The aircraft belonged to attack squadron VA-75 Sunday Punchers of Carrier Air Group Seven (CVG-7) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31), which was deployed to Korea from 20 May 1952 to 8 January 1953. Date 25 November 1952.
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DESCRIPTION: A U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-5N Corsair night fighter of Marine night fighter squadron VMF(N)-513 Flying Nightmares on the flight line at Wonsan, Korea, on 2 November 1950.
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DESCRIPTION: Maj. John F. Bolt, the USMC's first "Jet Ace", in F-86, 1953: Seated in a U.S. Air Force F-86E "Sabre" jet fighter. This plane is an F-86E-6, serial # 52-2852. Note pilot's name painted on the canopy frame, with victory stars and nickname "Darling Dottie" painted below. Photo is dated 13 July 1953, two days after Major Bolt shot down his fifth and sixth MiG-15s to become the only U.S. Marine Corps air "Ace" of the Korean War. He achieved the aerial victories while flying with the 5th Air Force as an exchange pilot. The original caption states: "Major Bolt, who shot down six Japanese planes during World War II, has flown 89 jet fighter-bomber missions with the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, which has been assigned only close support and interdiction missions in Korea. He has flown 37 Saberjet sweeps with the 5th Air Force, which is carrying the air war to the MiGs.
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DESCRIPTION: A U.S. Air Force North American F-51D-25-NT Mustang fighter (s/n 44-84602) of the 12th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter-Bomber Group, nicknamed "Little Beast IV" (?), about to take off from Chinhae, Korea, sometime between 9 December 1950 and 2 June 1952.
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DESCRIPTION: A U.S. Air Force Douglas RB-26C Invader of the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing in Korea, ca. July 1951. Original caption: "Sgt. Ben A. Robertson, Henderson, Texas, from his perch astride the propeller of this Fifth Air Force RB-26 light bomber of the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, waves a greeting to an anti-aircraft unit on the way to their hill-side positions at an advanced Korean air base. Protecting this airstrip from enemy air attack is the 24 hour duty of this, and other anti-aircraft crews., ca. 07/1951."
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DESCRIPTION: USAF Captain Criffis DeNeen of the 3rd Bomb Wing (Light) in the cockpit of his Douglas B-26 Invader, November 1951.
Original caption: "Looking grim and determined, veteran bomber pilot Capt. Criffis DeNeen, 18405 Patton Ave., Detroit, Mich., veteran of 39 combat missions over North Korea prepares for another, ca. 11/1951"
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USGF PHOTODESCRIPTION: U.S. Air Force North American F-86 Sabre fighters from the 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing Checkertails are readied for combat during the Korean War at Suwon Air Base, South Korea. Date ca. 1952
USFG PHOTODESCRIPTION: A U.S. Air Force North American F-86F-30-NA Sabre (s/n 52-4584) in 1953. This plane was flown by U.S. Marine Corps Major John H. Glenn and dubbed "MiG Mad Marine". Glenn flew this aircraft during his time as an exchange pilot with the 25th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Wing, in Korea in mid 1953. He shot down three MiG-15 aircraft. John Glenn later became an astronaut and U.S. senator.
USFG PHOTODESCRIPTION: The U.S. Air Force North American F-86E Sabre (s/n 51-2832) flown by Lt. Col. Albert Kelly, 51st Fighter Interceptor Group commander, during the Korean War in 1952.
USFG PHOTODESCRIPTION: U.S. Army paratroopers of the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team pile out of U.S. Air Force Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar airplanes of the 314th Troop Carrier Group over the Sunchon area north of Pyongyang, Korea, on 3 November 1950.
USFG PHOTODESCRIPTION: A Grumman F7F-3N Tigercat night fighter of Marine night fighter squadron VMF(N)-513 Flying Nightmares at Wonsan, Korea, in 1952.
USFG PHOTODESCRIPTION: The only U.S. Navy Korean fighter ace Lt. Guy Bordelon smiles at the name plate on "Annie-Mo", his Vought F4U-5N Corsair fighter in which he shot down five enemy aircraft during the Korean War. Bordelon was assigned to composite squadron VC-3 Blue Nemesis, which was deployed to Korea on the aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVA-37) from 24 January to 21 September to Korea as part of Carrier Air Group 15 (CVG-15). His aircraft, a Vought F4U-5N Corsair (BuNo 124453, NP-21), was left at an airbase in Korea and Bordelon was flown back to the Princeton. An U.S. Air Force Reserve pilot later crashed the plane in an accident. Date 1953.
USFG PHOTODESCRIPTION: Armed U.S. Marine Corps Grumman F9F-2 Panther fighters of Marine Major James "Buzz" Sawyer, squadron VMF-115 Able Easy taxi down the runway at Pohang, Korea, on 15 March 1953.
USFG PHOTODESCRIPTION: Ordnancemen fixing bombs on the racks of a U.S. Navy Douglas AD-4 Skyraider during the Korean War on 25 November 1952. The aircraft belonged to attack squadron VA-75 Sunday Punchers of Carrier Air Group Seven (CVG-7) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31), which was deployed to Korea from 20 May 1952 to 8 January 1953. Date 25 November 1952.
USFG PHOTODESCRIPTION: A U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-5N Corsair night fighter of Marine night fighter squadron VMF(N)-513 Flying Nightmares on the flight line at Wonsan, Korea, on 2 November 1950.
USFG PHOTODESCRIPTION: Maj. John F. Bolt, the USMC's first "Jet Ace", in F-86, 1953: Seated in a U.S. Air Force F-86E "Sabre" jet fighter. This plane is an F-86E-6, serial # 52-2852. Note pilot's name painted on the canopy frame, with victory stars and nickname "Darling Dottie" painted below. Photo is dated 13 July 1953, two days after Major Bolt shot down his fifth and sixth MiG-15s to become the only U.S. Marine Corps air "Ace" of the Korean War. He achieved the aerial victories while flying with the 5th Air Force as an exchange pilot. The original caption states: "Major Bolt, who shot down six Japanese planes during World War II, has flown 89 jet fighter-bomber missions with the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, which has been assigned only close support and interdiction missions in Korea. He has flown 37 Saberjet sweeps with the 5th Air Force, which is carrying the air war to the MiGs.
USFG PHOTODESCRIPTION: A U.S. Air Force North American F-51D-25-NT Mustang fighter (s/n 44-84602) of the 12th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter-Bomber Group, nicknamed "Little Beast IV" (?), about to take off from Chinhae, Korea, sometime between 9 December 1950 and 2 June 1952.
USFG PHOTODESCRIPTION: A U.S. Air Force Douglas RB-26C Invader of the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing in Korea, ca. July 1951. Original caption: "Sgt. Ben A. Robertson, Henderson, Texas, from his perch astride the propeller of this Fifth Air Force RB-26 light bomber of the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, waves a greeting to an anti-aircraft unit on the way to their hill-side positions at an advanced Korean air base. Protecting this airstrip from enemy air attack is the 24 hour duty of this, and other anti-aircraft crews., ca. 07/1951."
USFG PHOTODESCRIPTION: USAF Captain Criffis DeNeen of the 3rd Bomb Wing (Light) in the cockpit of his Douglas B-26 Invader, November 1951.
Original caption: "Looking grim and determined, veteran bomber pilot Capt. Criffis DeNeen, 18405 Patton Ave., Detroit, Mich., veteran of 39 combat missions over North Korea prepares for another, ca. 11/1951"
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Re: "The Hunters" F-86 Movie
Sun Jul 04, 2010 2:04 pm
Great shots!
To quote Lt. Pell, "Sure man, I can cut 'em up!"
To quote Lt. Pell, "Sure man, I can cut 'em up!"
Re: "The Hunters" F-86 Movie
Sun Jul 04, 2010 2:20 pm
Jerry O'Neill wrote:Great shots!
To quote Lt. Pell, "Sure man, I can cut 'em up!"
"Yea George man"
Re: "The Hunters" F-86 Movie
Sun Jul 04, 2010 11:55 pm
Thanks for posting these, Robbie! First time I've seen that little hatch below the forward fuselage of the C-119. Hard to tell from the photo - are the paratroopers dropping from there as well as the tail?
Re: "The Hunters" F-86 Movie
Mon Jul 05, 2010 1:18 am
Chris Brame wrote:Thanks for posting these, Robbie! First time I've seen that little hatch below the forward fuselage of the C-119. Hard to tell from the photo - are the paratroopers dropping from there as well as the tail?
that is for the air dropped cargo that supported the paratroopers.
There was a monorail that ran the length of the cargo bay, as the troops went aft to go out the aft doors, the cargo went forward on the monorail and out the front belly hatch. The purpose was to limit the CG change of the aircraft.