A cloudy morning for an air-to-air photo flight...

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A cloudy morning for an air-to-air photo flight...

Post by p51 » Wed May 07, 2008 4:57 pm

Curtis P-40N Warhawk & Vought F4U-1A Corsair from this morning over Chino, California. Both are combat veterans.

The P-40 was part of the west coast patrols agains Japanese Weather Balloons and is credited for shooting down one such balloon during WW2. She flew, slightly modified into an earlier P-40 version, for the Disney movie 'Pearl Harbor.'
The Corsair's history is a bit sketchy as the logs for it have major gaps, but it's an earlier model Corsair, and the range of serial numbers that this Corsair was a part of served with the REAL Pappy Boyington 'Black Sheep' squadron and Ira Kepford's squadron. It's unsure which one of the two squadrons she was in. She was based on a carrier for a time near the end of the war. Ironically, she was used extensively in the 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' TV show.

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Post by Jagdpanther » Thu May 08, 2008 7:18 am

:shock: excellent photos Brit !
[img88]http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s281/army5551/160392_1114600356-1.jpg[/img88]

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Post by Tambo » Thu May 08, 2008 12:08 pm

Very nice. Thank you for sharing.

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Post by mikeg » Fri May 09, 2008 5:15 am

Um, exactly what part of that drawn out address should I put in to see the pictures OR is it not possible just to go to the disneycastmagic site and see all the pictures at once? Forget it, now all the pictures are coming up!!!!!!!!!!

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