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Looks like TBMs, PBYs, Invaders and Neptune’s at work.

As a bonus, it was narrated by William Conrad.


https://youtu.be/jlgl1hKyBDw

There was a North American Savage at ~11:00.

Air tankers start ~10 min.

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I guess I misidentified that as a Neptune. Looked like it had tip tanks?

Yup a Savage. Neptune wing is relatively narrow at the root and longer span with longer tiptanks vs Savage wing which is wider at the root shorter span with a smaller tiptanks.

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...a few screen grabs...

...AJ ...PBY ...TBM

Did firefighting AJ's keep the jet engine in the fuselage? The water appears to be dropping from the area normally occupied by the jet...

Wikipedia says the jets were removed from the 3 aircraft converted as fire bombers. I imagine the water or slurry was held in bomb bay tanks for CG and CG shift reasons, with the discharge doors nearby, but that's speculation.

Thanks for doing that!

Thanks Kyleb, I was thinking myself that CG might be an issue.