"Get Some"

Fri Oct 23, 2009 8:05 am

USFG PHOTO
US Marine Corp UH34D, South Vietnam 1965.

Couldn't help but think of the helicopter scene in "Full Metal Jacket", looking at this one. :shock:

Fri Oct 23, 2009 9:32 am

Portuguese colonial war, Africa (from this forum http://www.forum9gs.net) :

Allouette III

Portuguese gunships were based on the Allouette III, using a Mauser cannon and known as "bad wolves". Sorry to sidetrack the post but thought it appropriate... (well, darn, a bit of non-us content could be of interest no? and this reeks of Apocalypse Now)

Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:20 am

My wife's uncle served in Mozambique if my memory is good and he showed me a few interresting shots like this one from his personal archives...

I should ask him if he would share here ! Where was this shot taken ?

Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:51 am

unfortunately the forum doesn't say

. Portugal fought in Guiné (deemed the most difficult area), Angola and Moçambique...

Bad Wolf team in Angola:

unknown:

unknwon:

(all from this forum: http://www.forum9gs.net)

and finally I will recommend this book:

http://www.amazon.com/Chopper-Boys-Heli ... 1853671770

Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:10 pm

Didn't Portugal "get some" A-26 Invaders in the 1960s and if memory serves didn't they also try to get some F7F Tigercats? I am certain that at least a few of the Invaders were delivered. I have a vague memory of the Tigercats being siezed and stored by a US government entity.

Sun Oct 25, 2009 4:52 am

Thats a real contrived story. Best reference is "Foreign Invaders" by Dan Hagerdorn. They were smuggled to Portugal and the pilot caught during the last flight by US Customs. They served in Angola and there one fuselage and wings at the Museu do Ar depot. There is a strong chance that the B26 present in Havana was one of the portuguese ones. Never heard of the tigercat story...

Some photos (from this forum http://www.forum9gs.net , relevante post http://www.forum9gs.net/viewtopic.php?f ... der#p19684) :