Don't ever let the Valet park your Mustang.
Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:00 pm
Iwo Jima, Airfield #1.
Regards,
Mike
Regards,
Mike
Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:16 pm
WHERE did you get that picture??? Looks like 45th FS to me and I'm ALWAYS interested in P-51 pictures from there.
Would it be possible to get a higher resolution of that? I'm particularly interested with matching tail numbers to squadron codes - like a/c 60 being 463428.
Ryan
Would it be possible to get a higher resolution of that? I'm particularly interested with matching tail numbers to squadron codes - like a/c 60 being 463428.
Ryan
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Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:19 pm
Rule #2
Never take your B-29 to the submarine races
Never take your B-29 to the submarine races
Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:22 pm
RyanShort1 wrote:WHERE did you get that picture??? Looks like 45th FS to me and I'm ALWAYS interested in P-51 pictures from there.
Ryan
Scanned it at the National Archives, it was in the Marine Corps Collection.
Regards,
Mike
Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:34 pm
I wonder if there are more 45th FS aircraft in there... Any chance you can read the squadron codes in the higher res version?
Ryan
Ryan
Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:53 pm
Jack Cook wrote:Rule #2
Never take your B-29 to the submarine races
Sully's Dad?
Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:03 pm
Jack Cook wrote:Rule #2
Never take your B-29 to the submarine races
Do we know if that's ALL the crew?
'pears to me to be a whole lot of "supervising" goin' on.
Mudge the safety officer
Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:29 pm
101 uses for retired B29's
1. THE WATERSLIDE
1. THE WATERSLIDE
Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:26 pm
EXPAT0149 wrote:101 uses for retired B29's
1. THE WATERSLIDE
2. Diving platform.
3. Baywatch lifeguard tower. (is that Pam Anderson or a gun turret?)
Tim
Tue Feb 03, 2009 5:18 am
I guess no one here realizes that 3 guys didn't make it out of that B-29, so you may want to take that into consideration before making jokes...
Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:49 am
if i had known that before i obviously wouldnt have posted
Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:47 am
How did the Mustang end up in that position? Seems like in the pic there isn't enough damage to be from some kind of ground loop.
Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:24 am
B29Gunner wrote:I guess no one here realizes that 3 guys didn't make it out of that B-29, so you may want to take that into consideration before making jokes...
I think it goes without saying that had we known of fatalities, the humorous remarks wouldn't have appeared. We, however, didn't.
Not all of us know the entire history of every airplane we see here.
I suppose that if someone finds that there was a fatality concerning the Mustangs in the original posting, we'll be chastised for the remarks that followed that, also.
Mudge
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Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:01 pm
I guess no one here realizes that 3 guys didn't make it out of that B-29, so you may want to take that into consideration before making jokes...
Does your ire extend to all those guys using it to enhance their recreation
Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:53 pm
RyanShort1 wrote:I wonder if there are more 45th FS aircraft in there... Any chance you can read the squadron codes in the higher res version?
Ryan
The back of the photo says, "Fire fighters extinguish burning Mustang on Airfield #1".
What squadron codes are you referring too? There are only the numbers on the side of each aircraft.
Any nose art is blurred, even in high rez.
No other pics in the box I found this one in. Just dumb luck that a Marine photog took the pic.
Regards,
Mike