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Guess the aircraft - 12/14/2012 4:09:26 AM   
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RE: Guess the aircraft - 12/14/2012 4:34:07 AM   
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Status: offline 		I'm rather easy myself. Don't tell me it's not a Dauntless. model?

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RE: Guess the aircraft - 12/14/2012 4:40:57 AM   
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Status: offline 		The planes in the background are either -2s or -3s. I assume this is an SBD-3, or possibly a -2. Most likely a -3 since there were far more of those built than -2s.

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RE: Guess the aircraft - 12/14/2012 5:30:28 AM   
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RE: Guess the aircraft - 12/14/2012 11:44:08 AM   
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Status: offline 		So it is a Dauntless. The photo does not identify whether it is a 2 or 3

Next...what is this?






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RE: Guess the aircraft - 12/14/2012 11:49:51 AM   
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RE: Guess the aircraft - 12/14/2012 12:02:25 PM   
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Status: offline 		The canopy looks like it might be a razorback D. It's probably also a 9th AF bird. That's where you find most of the ground attack weaponry on the P-47s.

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RE: Guess the aircraft - 12/14/2012 12:08:10 PM   
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RE: Guess the aircraft - 12/14/2012 12:16:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		p 51a/A36 but never seen that little front side window...tricked me a little his nose was in the way!

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RE: Guess the aircraft - 12/14/2012 12:25:07 PM   
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This is the site I,m getting them from...lots of good pics.

http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=ForumsPro&file=viewtopic&t=14428&finish=15&start=0

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RE: Guess the aircraft - 12/15/2012 12:44:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		That a bomb hoist.
They came both hand cranked and electric powered.
I assume that was a hand cranked version.
Very similar hoist was still in use during Viet Nam.
I know, I used them almost every day.
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What's that hand cranked thingamabob the one sailor has pointed up into the plane/bomb?


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RE: Guess the aircraft - 12/15/2012 1:43:30 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Zigurat666

Oh well...no fooling you.

This is the site I,m getting them from...lots of good pics.

http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=ForumsPro&file=viewtopic&t=14428&finish=15&start=0


Nice site. Thanks for sharing.


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