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Re: French F4U-7's

Posted by Ron Henry on Thu Nov 14, 2002 07:28:40 AM

In reply top Re: French F4U-7's posted by Dan Jones on Thu Nov 14, 2002 03:58:57 AM

: Thanks for clearing that up, Rob. After re-reading your e
: mail I figured that that was probably now the airplane in
: Washington. Glad it went to a deserving home.
:
: A friend of mine used to maintain Corsairs in the French N
: avy and speaks very highly of their overall servicabilty,
: especially given that they were hammering them onto the sh
: ip nearly every day. The SB2Cs that they also had aboard
: though...different story.
:
: I don't see any other -7's listed in the Warbirds Director
: y. You'd have thought that the French would have kept jus
: t one?
:
: Dan

Thanks for your response, Rob.

Dan - IIRC, the -7s were either the last off the Vought line, or very close to it; on the other hand, the age of the SB2Cs.........?!!

It was a bit dumb of the French Navy not to keep one -7. Recently, I think some French individual has had another model converted to -7 standard and delivered to France.

Ron

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