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[gregv]

4c-Naval Air Station (NAS) Corpus Christi, Texas, during 1941-1

What would the color scheme on this one be? Overall grey of some type with yellow (white?) leading edges & floats?

Great shots!


thanks

greg v.

[The Inspector]

4c-Naval Air Station (NAS) Corpus Christi, Texas, during 1941-1

What would the color scheme on this one be? Overall grey of some type with yellow (white?) leading edges & floats?

Great shots!


thanks

greg v.

It appears to be equipped with a life raft pod so I'll bet it was painted pretty conspicuously to make it stand out.

[muddyboots]

http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=6137


http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/t ... 13533.html

I was gonna post that second one before I noticed that you did. It has to be one of my favorite WWII photos. I hadn't ever seen the first one before, thanks for posting it.

IIRC a PBY involved in either the USS Juneau or Indianapolis rescue had to be sunk because they tied survivors to the wings.

Just one sec...

...and I'm back. USS Indianapolis it was. I used Professor Wikipedia instead though.

Arriving hours ahead of Doyle, Marks' crew began dropping rubber rafts and supplies. Having seen men being attacked by sharks, Marks disobeyed standing orders and landed on the open sea. He began taxiing to pick up the stragglers and lone swimmers who were at the greatest risk of shark attack. Learning the men were the crew of Indianapolis, he radioed the news, requesting immediate assistance. Doyle responded while en route. When Marks' plane was full, survivors were tied to the wings with parachute cord, damaging the wings so that the plane would never fly again and had to be sunk. Marks and his crew rescued 56 men that day.

The whole Indianapolis story is one of the great sagas of WWII. Every time you look at it you find new and interesting little side stories like this. Well worth an investigation into it.

[gregv]

4c-Naval Air Station (NAS) Corpus Christi, Texas, during 1941-1

What would the color scheme on this one be? Overall grey of some type with yellow (white?) leading edges & floats?

Great shots!


thanks

greg v.

It appears to be equipped with a life raft pod so I'll bet it was painted pretty conspicuously to make it stand out.

Found this image on another website (it appears to me to be be a cropped Life photo maybe?), shows the aircraft to be overall silver with yellow leading edges:

http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraft/V ... aplane.jpg

If this is the case with the aircraft in question, then maybe the silver faded quite a bit under the hot Texas sun and salt-water environment? It sure doesn't look very bright or shiny in the b&w photo. The floats also look brighter than the rest of the airframe as well. Not to poke fun at anyone, but it kinda shows the difficulty of trying to decipher color information from a black & white photo.

cheers

greg v.

[N3Njeff]

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[tom d. friedman]

most of those pics have not been seen by me. very refreshing!! i don't think squadron / signal books had pics that great in their kingfisher book, same goes for the seagull. as to the curtiss sea hawk, it was a respectable plane that only went in to service toward the end of the war. the seamew was scrap w/ wings.

[Pogo]

Okay, what's the deal here -- Kingfishers have flaperons?? I didn't know that (check out the cat launch pics near the top of this thread)!




PS: Tom! Great to see you......

[Mark Allen M]

I am waiting

Wait no more ... , but I believe you should have your own dedicated thread.

[gregv]

Are flaperons the same as drooping ailerons? As seen on aircraft that need good low-speed handling characteristics?

greg v.

[Pogo]

Yes -- STOL stuff. I always called 'em "drooperons" ..... and always got in trouble for it too.