Sometimes "things" aren't so Black & White ...

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7821

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StangStung · **Posted:** Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:41 pm

Nice set. Though I do think I see a USAAF "Corsair" masquerading as a P-66. Or is that vice versa?

:drink3:

Snake45 · **Joined:** Sat Apr 05, 2014 5:49 pm **Posts:** 864

Great shot in there of an F6F "flying bomb" drone in the Korean War, along with its Skyraider controller. :supz:

Dan Jones · **Posted:** Tue Mar 24, 2020 5:41 pm

I see a Corsair coming aboard a carrier that's not only turning, but has it's island on the wrong side! :lol:

Snake45 · **Joined:** Sat Apr 05, 2014 5:49 pm **Posts:** 864

Dan Jones wrote:

I see a Corsair coming aboard a carrier that's not only turning, but has it's island on the wrong side! :lol:

Saw that too. Pic obviously flipped. :wink:

Dan Jones · **Posted:** Tue Mar 24, 2020 6:51 pm

Snake45 wrote:

Dan Jones wrote:

I see a Corsair coming aboard a carrier that's not only turning, but has it's island on the wrong side! :lol:

Saw that too. Pic obviously flipped. :wink:

Yes, no doubt. Interesting though that he's right there over the end of the deck and the ship is maneuvering like that.

Lon Moer · **Posted:** Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:07 pm

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This one was Bob Mitchum's air racer from the late 60's. Later Modified further.
Now being restored to another stock blue Corsair.

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junkman9096 · **Joined:** Mon Aug 16, 2010 11:44 pm **Posts:** 255

Dan Jones wrote:

I see a Corsair coming aboard a carrier that's not only turning, but has it's island on the wrong side! :lol:

Might I suggest that what you see is exactly the truth. The deck number is 118 and is oriented properly in relation to where the island would be. Also 118 corresponds to USS Sicily CVE 118. I've read that WWII generation aircraft carriers could recover planes while traveling in reverse. Not that it was done a lot but the capability was there. Maybe this was an exercise, test, or proof-of-concept. After all, they also shot Hellcats from catapults mounted on the hanger deck of larger carriers.

pjpahs · **Posted:** Tue Mar 24, 2020 9:14 pm

Agree with Snake45, pic is flipped. Carrier deck numbers are read 118 at bow and stern, from the stern end, as if you were landing normally into the wind with ship full speed into wind, you would read 118 and not 811. The ships wake tells you which way it’s moving. If retrieving aircraft by full reverse ,which ships could and practiced doing so ,but this is not the case.

junkman9096 · **Joined:** Mon Aug 16, 2010 11:44 pm **Posts:** 255

pjpahs wrote:

If retrieving aircraft by full reverse ,which ships could and practiced doing so ,but this is not the case.

OK, I agree. I was hearing the sound of hooves and thinking zebras instead of horses.

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7821

This shot should make it easier to tell the photo is flipped.

A ZSG-3 blimp lands on the flight deck of the escort carrier Sicily (CVE 118) c 1949

pjpahs · **Posted:** Tue Mar 24, 2020 9:44 pm

Occam’s razor

Dan Jones · **Posted:** Tue Mar 24, 2020 9:56 pm

Thanks Mark! :drink3:

Michel Lemieux · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:12 am

Now Mark...that blimp / carrier pic is hot!!!!! Thanks for sharing.

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11324

This one looks like an SBD:

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