Hellcat Swim Call
Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:17 am
Someone mentioned in an earlier post seeing a F6 broke in half.
Now, I've never seen that but I do have a photo!
Now, I've never seen that but I do have a photo!
Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:31 pm
Jack,
Interesting photo...do you have any background on it?
John
Interesting photo...do you have any background on it?
John
Fri Oct 13, 2006 8:18 pm
dat be me!!! i saw the hellcat broke in 1/2..... repeatedly over the years!!!! come on jack!!! you must have seen that film footage of the hellcat hitting the carrier island upon a hard landing, it's 1 of the most famous & regularly seen pieces of ww 2 footage on the documentaries etc.
Fri Oct 13, 2006 8:24 pm
come to think of it.... i'd bet that the hellcat taking the swim is from the crash i described!!! it looks from the swimming angle to be where it broke in 1/2 on film, + it didn't catch fire either, same as jack's pic is lacking burn marks.
???
Fri Oct 13, 2006 8:45 pm
you must have seen that film footage of the hellcat hitting the carrier island
come to think of it I have a couple photos of Lt Black of VF-5 in F-27 doing that.
The one your referring to is a different sequence.
The later 2 instances the F6s stayed on the deck though.
Fri Oct 13, 2006 8:51 pm
I think the backround on this photo is the ocean. 
Jerry
Jerry
???
Fri Oct 13, 2006 8:59 pm
I think the backround on this photo is the ocean.
The guy swimming for his life is a definite tip-off.
Fri Oct 13, 2006 9:28 pm
The film clip of the Hellcat hitting the carrier island was used in "Midway". Supposed to have been Heston's son flying it.
Mudge the observant
Mudge the observant
Fri Oct 13, 2006 9:39 pm
tom d. friedman wrote:come to think of it.... i'd bet that the hellcat taking the swim is from the crash i described!!! it looks from the swimming angle to be where it broke in 1/2 on film, + it didn't catch fire either, same as jack's pic is lacking burn marks.
Tom, I'm pretty sure the Hellcat came to rest on the carriers deck in that footage. A good a
reason as any to watch the footage again!
???
Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:39 pm
I'm pretty sure the Hellcat came to rest on the carriers deck in that footage. A good a
reason as any to watch the footage again!
Ya but was it a F6, F9F, SBD, TBF, Concorde or the Space Shuttle?
Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:02 am
correct, i'm implying that it was shoved into the drink after it hit the carrier island.
??
Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:08 am
i'm implying that it was shoved into the drink after it hit the carrier island.
Not with the freaking pilot still in it!
Re: ???
Sat Oct 14, 2006 2:45 pm
Jack Cook wrote:Ya but was it a F6, F9F, SBD, TBF, Concorde or the Space Shuttle?
In Midway? I believe it was all of those at one point or another.