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ACarey
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Lost a few of them in Viet Nam.
John Trotti writes about them in combat in his great book "Phantom Over Viet Nam".

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Jack Cook wrote:
Lost a few of them in Viet Nam.
John Trotti writes about them in combat in his great book "Phantom Over Viet Nam".


Only one was known to have been lost to the NV.
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I wasn't talking just about combat.

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Jack Cook wrote:
I wasn't talking just about combat.


Roger that.
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I'm guessing it's a baggage pod, possibly made from a drop tank.

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Don't think they're blivits. Why carry 2??
Possibly flare/chaff dispensers :idea:

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Cool photo! Do you have a copy sans annotation?

The F3D/F-10 Skyknight series must have been a pretty limited production run; there are only 67 examples in the block that includes this one (Bu. No. 127041) listed in Baugher's military aircraft serial number database - and apparently ridiculously few examples still known to exist:

127019 ... 127085 (EXACT MATCH)
Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight. Redesignated F-10B in 1962.
127024 (VMF-513) disappeared while attempting to land at K-8, May 30, 1953.
127039 mounted on a pole at Korean War Memorial, Lakewood, Los Angeles, CA. This plane is actually 125870 marked as 127039.
127047 to MASDC as 4F0011 Feb 1, 1970, later to VH0005.
127074 (c/n 8132) soc Aug 26, 1969. Subsequently purchased by Raytheon and used as radar/electronics testbed. Donated by Raytheon to USS Intreprid Museum in 1968. Now on display at Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, NY.
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Rajay wrote:
Cool photo! Do you have a copy sans annotation?

The F3D/F-10 Skyknight series must have been a pretty limited production run; there are only 67 examples in the block that includes this one (Bu. No. 127041) listed in Baugher's military aircraft serial number database - and apparently ridiculously few examples still known to exist:

127019 ... 127085 (EXACT MATCH)
Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight. Redesignated F-10B in 1962.
127024 (VMF-513) disappeared while attempting to land at K-8, May 30, 1953.
127039 mounted on a pole at Korean War Memorial, Lakewood, Los Angeles, CA. This plane is actually 125870 marked as 127039.
127047 to MASDC as 4F0011 Feb 1, 1970, later to VH0005.
127074 (c/n 8132) soc Aug 26, 1969. Subsequently purchased by Raytheon and used as radar/electronics testbed. Donated by Raytheon to USS Intreprid Museum in 1968. Now on display at Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, NY.


This one belonged to VMCJ-1. Maybe they are for chaff.
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Aerodynamic beer kegs? :wink: Don't recall seeing that AC.....ever!

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Aerodynamic beer kegs? :wink: Don't recall seeing that AC.....ever!


Found out what they are: MX-900 chaff dispensers.
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