Warbird Information Exchange

Not Fuji. Japan is nowhere near that mountainous and empty. I'm guessing one of the Washington or Oregon Three Sisters.

That's the first time I've seen a B model Twin Mustang in the night fighter scheme with the pod; for that matter, it's the first B I've seen photographed besides 44-65162 and 44-65168. Thanks for finding it, as well as the two shots of Glenview planes (V on the tail).

Also that snake-nosed Corsair #18 is in several photos - did it really go down an open elevator? Must have been a big surprise to the guys on the hangar deck. Baugher info:

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

More post-WW2 color images per request, happy to post them for ya's .... (but sorry in advance if I can't keep up with the riveting Amelia Earhart Redux thread.)


A TBM-3N Avenger of Fleet All-Weather Training Unit Pacific (FAWTU Pacific) pictured during carrier qualification on board the carrier Badoeng Strait (CVE 116) off Hawaii. 1950


A TBM-3R Avenger of Transport Squadron (VR) 23 in flight over Korea. 1953


TBM-3E Avenger pictured in flight from Naval Air Station (NAS) Quonset Point enroute to Naval Auxillary Air Station (NAAS) Charleston. 1949


TBM-3E Avenger with the Naval Air Reserve Training Unit (NARTU) Minneapolis (this would make for a great scheme today)


A TBM-3R Avenger of Transport Squadron (VR) 23 at Briscoe Field, Yodo Island, South Korea 1953


F4U-4B Corsair aircraft of VMF-323 K-1 in Korea. 1951


F4U-4 Korea 1951


F4U-4 Corsair aircraft of VF-192 lined up together on the deck of the USS Princeton (CV-37) getting ready to launch. 1951


A flight of Marine Corps FJ-4B Fury aircraft of VA-214 is over Diamond Head, HI. 1958


A flight of four (4) FJ-3 Fury by North American Aviation from VF-21 are in flight over the USS Forrestal (CVA-59) in the Atlantic Ocean. 1956


F-9F 1965


F7F Korea 1951


B-29 K-13 AB Korea 1952


B-29's 1952


B-29's 1952


A-26 K-14 AB Korea 1953


1953, Aboard USS Philippine Sea


Blue Angels F9F's 1950's

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Looks like the TIGERCAT had some sort of rudder issue or a group of teenagers stole it overnight-

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The Corsair was put on the elevator and lowered so they could pull the tail vertical and flip the plane back upright.

Thanks for posting. I will be studying them for awhile.

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Yeah, thanks as always Mark.
I really enjoy your threads and the observations of the WIX brain trust.

Andy Scott

Some more good stuff ...


TBM Avengers of the Naval Air Reserve assigned to Naval Air Station (NAS) Oakland, California, fly past the carrier Antietam (CV 36) 1950


TBM-3E Avengers of Antisubmarine Squadron (VS) 31 on board the carrier Siboney (CVE 112). 1949-2


TBM-3E Avengers of Attack Squadron (VA) 8A lined up at an unidentified airfield. 1947


TBM-3E Avengers of Antisubmarine Squadron (VS) 31 on board the carrier Siboney (CVE 112). 1949


NAS China Lake 1970


USS Antietam 1952


USS Antietam 1953


FJ-3 Fury jet fighter aircraft of VF-51 is on the deck USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) in the Western Pacifici Ocean. 1957


A former Japanese Tachikawa Ki-9 Spruce pictured at airfield K-1 in South Korea during 1951. Note that it is painted in South Korean markings. 1951


A former Japanese Tachikawa Ki-9 Spruce pictured at airfield K-1 in South Korea during 1951. Note that it is painted in South Korean markings. 1951

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