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No 8, Lt (jg) Earl May, Bougainville May 44, 8 kills. n/t
Posted by Mick on Thu Feb 07, 2002 06:27:11 AM
In reply top Re: OFMC Corsair posted by Rob Mears on Wed Feb 06, 2002 05:11:59 PM
: You're right on the money. The OFMC's FG-1D at one time w
: as painted (by Robert Waltrip / Lonestar Flight Museum) as
: #1 "Big Hog". It was in fact the very first plane that h
: elped found the LSFM collection.
:
: Here's what I find so interesting. Chuck Wentworth's FG-1
: D has been flying now for the last few years out of southe
: rn California, and can be regularly found in the skies aro
: und Chino. His plane carries the VF-17 paint scheme as we
: ll, and just happens to be painted as #8! During WWII, VF
: -17's Corsairs carried numbers ranging from #1 thru #36.
: We now have a Corsair representing #17 (Paul Morgan estate
: ), #21 (Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum), and TWO r
: epresenting #8 (Chuck Wentworth & the OFMC).
:
: I can't recall off the top of my head who's mount #8 was d
: uring VF-17's land based Pacific campaign, but that man wo
: uld be pleased to know he is represented in both the US an
: d the UK :)
:
: Rob