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Re: More Photo's
Posted by Rob Mears on Fri Mar 07, 2003 12:03:24 PM
In reply top More Photo's posted by B Darnell on Fri Mar 07, 2003 11:46:49 AM
Definately! There are some truly historic shots in this collection. One of the better shots is one of all the pilots posing in front of the planes while waiting on fuel in Santa Cruz. As much as my imagination has painted pictures of this flight over the years, actually seeing the details illustrated in front of me is quite amazing.
Along with the Corsair "flight line" in Honduras, there are also shots of the "like new" A-26 at the field, C-46, C-47's, etc. Some good shots of Soto's F4U-5N (with accompanying Uzi-toting troops), etc. I'll try to do these first since there are multiple warbird types in the shots.
He did a great job of documenting the entire affair. There are even shots of the pilots hanging out in their hotel rooms, Pardue & Ferguson at "Ta-Goose", etc :)
I'll post some of the better shots as I get them completed. I'm having to use Photo Shop on alot of them to restore the colors. The photo in the original post above was almost yellow! I only have about 69 more photos to go so it might be a while ;)