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zorro7
PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:08 pm 
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F4U-5N Folks:

2 NAVY F4U-5Ns coming back fm a combat mission & ready for landing aboard USS Boxer (CV-21). Korea c. 1951. According to the caption, F4U-5N NP #23 is Buno 124537 commanded by Lt.John D. Ely.USNR. The second F4U-5N is NP #4 Buno 124539. Pilot's name Lt. Jg J.G. Strawlund. Photo via National Archives.

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Vought F4U-5N, Buno unk for now NP #15 aboard USS Phillipine c. 1952. Photo via collection Mark Allen. Tks

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zorro7
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One more shot for the F4U-5N NP archives! NP #2, Buno ukn, place ukn c. 1950s. Photo collection of Steve & Cori Gallener. Tks

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Vought F4U-5N poss Buno 121212/ NP #13 awaiting for better weather conditions off Korea. c. 1950s. Photo National Archives.

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zorro7
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Good day!

Found another F4U-5N NP Corsair! Nick "Smiling Sammy" * The names below the cockpit read: Fm top to bottom: Poss Casbeer J.K & Giles B.M. If anyone has any other angles of this bird plz post! Tks


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*"Sammy" was a good old cat of mine!
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zorro7
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One more for the record Buno Ukn for now. F4U-5n NP #16 c. 1950s. Poss Korean waters.Photo Navy Archives.



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zorro9
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Good day!

Not sure about VC-3 NP #2 but we think we know about F4U-5N NP #1 (yes numero 1). Poss the FAH 602!! Buno 124447. We have been tracking this bird for a some time. Glenn Hyde restored it to a perfect flying condition, to include the radome. c. 1986. Photos soon!
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The carrier is set up for launching not landing looking at the deck....

All nice pics..
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zorro9
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Good day!

Question about the NP sequence/Reg numbers on a NAVY VC-3 - VC-4 SQ:

When a Corsair from VC-3 for instance #16 got shot down during a mission or lost at sea/accident... does that F4U-5N got replaced within weeks with the same NP Reg number of the previous aircraft or got a new one??
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ACarey
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Great stuff. I included some of the photos in my book Night Cats and Corsairs.
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zorro9
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ACarey:

Grreat source of info, Tks

Those - 5N pilots for sure earned their pay. There is a hangar at Moffett Field (Blimp Hangar) that at one time housed numerous NP F4U-5N Corsairs. The highest # seen is #51 so far. Do you have a copy of that picture?? I'm looking for NP #30 which later become FAH 609!! Buno 124715.

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zorro9
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F4U-5N VC-3 Folks:

Good day!

Deep fm the archives F4U-5N NP#10, Buno ukn for now. Moffett Field c. 1951. Navy Archives.

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p.s A.Carey: I think you found a jewel shot! Plz post fm your Night Cats & F4U book Pg 137, Bottom/Right, the LK F4U-5N Corsair. Tks in advance.
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zorro9
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F4U-5N NP Moffett Folks:

Good day!

Another job well done! F4U-5N Buno 124447 NP#1 X FAH 602 just out of the shop in NMF & ready for a test flight. Aero-Traders, Chino Calif c. 1986.

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p.s Ck out the the nice rebuilt radome!Photo via Quantico MCAS Museum. Tks
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zorro9
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F4U-5N/NP Folks:

Some 63+ yrs ago this fine flying machine, Buno 123168 wore the NP #8 scheme during the Korean War poss VC-3 Sq. On May 4, 2014 after some 47 yrs of being grounded ..it finally emerged at Darwin, Australia for a maiden flight. Job well done Mr. Hosking & crew! Photo FB Australian Aviation.

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Snake45
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zorro9 wrote:
F4U-5N NP Moffett Folks:

Good day!

Another job well done! F4U-5N Buno 124447 NP#1 X FAH 602 just out of the shop in NMF & ready for a test flight. Aero-Traders, Chino Calif c. 1986.

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p.s Ck out the the nice rebuilt radome!Photo via Quantico MCAS Museum. Tks

Spectacular! You don't see Corsairs in NMF or silver paint that often. I can only think of a very few:

*A -1A apparently pieced together from wrecks by Service Squadron 11 in the Pacific in WWII.

*A couple of RNZAF -1s, probably postwar.

*A slightly modified -1D carrying race #94 in the '70s.

*The "Blue Max" -7, between paint jobs, around 1980.

And now this one, which is beautiful! Thanks for posting!
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