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Post by John L on Sept 20, 2018 13:04:53 GMT 12
Yes.....does it need to be updated?
Ah - suddenly, they all appeared! Weird!
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Post by pjw4118 on Sept 4, 2019 13:39:35 GMT 12
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Post by agalbraith on Sept 4, 2019 14:16:24 GMT 12
Great series of photo's! Thanks for posting
Cheers Anthony
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Post by agalbraith on Aug 31, 2020 20:16:07 GMT 12
Funny thing happened on the weekend. My father in law found an old photo album from his dads stuff on the weekend. He seems to have been with 4SU I know he worked on Corsairs in 44/45. Anyway, There are a couple of Corsair photo's in there. I will try and scan one and see how it comes up.... Mmmm, scanner is pretty useless... I can see more under a magnifyer, sorry Although it is a teeny tiny photo. Must be 45 as those are FG-1D's
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 31, 2020 20:47:33 GMT 12
Oh my goodness! What a terrific photo!!
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Post by agalbraith on Aug 31, 2020 21:02:44 GMT 12
Oh my goodness! What a terrific photo!! Glad you like it Dave, I will scan a couple more shortly
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Post by agalbraith on Aug 31, 2020 21:11:30 GMT 12
Just titled 4SU The original looks to have the window in the belly, indicating a very early -1A Cant see in this scan very well though sorry
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Post by agalbraith on Aug 31, 2020 21:16:44 GMT 12
Titled Torikina Strip, 2 SU Kites
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Post by agalbraith on Aug 31, 2020 21:21:41 GMT 12
Titled Hangar Torokina Strip
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 31, 2020 21:36:42 GMT 12
These are fantastic!
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Post by davidd on Aug 31, 2020 22:56:31 GMT 12
The earlier photo from Ants with the large number of Corsairs, mixed in with some PV-1 Venturas, is definitely at Los Negros (Mokerang strip), and as suspected most of the Corsairs seem to be the new FG-1D's, so right at end of the war. David D
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 1, 2020 0:06:12 GMT 12
How many Corsair squadrons did the RNZAF have based at Mokerang, Los Negros, David? That looks like more than one squadron or SU?
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Post by baz62 on Sept 1, 2020 10:02:30 GMT 12
Funny thing happened on the weekend. My father in law found an old photo album from his dads stuff on the weekend. He seems to have been with 4SU I know he worked on Corsairs in 44/45. Anyway, There are a couple of Corsair photo's in there. I will try and scan one and see how it comes up.... Mmmm, scanner is pretty useless... I can see more under a magnifyer, sorry Although it is a teeny tiny photo. Must be 45 as those are FG-1D's Awesome photos Ants. I'll have to come over and see them.
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Post by Mustang51 on Sept 1, 2020 10:24:20 GMT 12
Pic would not open......so sad...
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 1, 2020 20:24:14 GMT 12
For the people like Ando who for some reason cannot see images hosted by Imageshack, I have re-uploaded them to Antony's posts using my own photo server. Hoping you can see them now Ando and others?
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Post by davidd on Sept 2, 2020 8:43:10 GMT 12
In last few months of the war, there were two Corsair squadrons at Los Negros (Mokerang), two at Jacquinot Bay and four at Piva North (Bougainville). However another resident unit at Los Negros was the Corsair Assembly Unit (CAU), which received the sixty FG-1Ds directly from the USA. No. 4 SU was fully equipped (18 aircraft) with these during (I think) June 1945, but they barely got operational prior to the surrender. So a good proportion of those aircraft in the photograph would be the Goodyear-built aircraft. No. 4 SU at Los Negros (which had the oldest of the F4U-1s on strength) gave these up and they were in the process of being ferried to New Zealand at time of surrender. David D
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 2, 2020 9:06:28 GMT 12
Thanks, that makes sense. I thought it was two squadrons there, but was not sure. We also had at least one Ventura squadron there for the last months of the war too, but those look to be US Navy Venturas.
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Post by flyinkiwi on Dec 16, 2020 15:57:48 GMT 12
I was going through my old photos and found these two. They are of Keith Skilling doing a very fast (Hardyakka will attest to this) and low initial pass at NZHN in FG-1D NZ5648 circa 2007 at the Waikato Aero Club Open Day. Full disclosure: I was standing on the catwalk of the Hamilton Control Tower so he's not as low as it looks. Sorry about the poor light and under exposure (not to mention my lack of photographic skill and a decent DSLR).
Mods: feel free to move this post if this thread is not the right place.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 16, 2020 18:41:21 GMT 12
WOW!!
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Post by ZacYates on Dec 17, 2020 3:27:48 GMT 12
I'm not sure there's ever been a Corsair display like Keith's, and I hope we will see one again. Awesome!!!
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