[ARC5] NMNA F6F-3 Radio Frequencies of Equipment

[J. Forster]

There have been two crashed & recovered planes talked about recently. I'm
not a plane guy so got them mixed up. The most interesting to me was the
one w/ the ASB RADAR installation. Information on that system is very
scarce. Sorry.

My thought was if there had been fatalities, the crash date might have
been much easier to pin down.

Thanks,

-John

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> On 15 Jun 2010 at 7:21, J. Forster wrote:
>
>> This is a bit grusome, but did the crew escape or were remains found?
>>
>> -John
>
> John:
>
> The F6F was a single-seat fighter-plane, the Grumman "Hellcat". Usually,
> in
> a water landing such as was involved here, the pilot got out....but not
> always.
>
> As I remember it, in this particular case, we were told earlier that this
> particular plane was involved in a somewhat "exciting" landing, was caught
> by
> its tail-hook, dangled over the side of the aircraft carrier until the
> pilot was
> rescued, then the plane was simply cut loose and dropped into the water to
> clear the deck. Apparently it was also damaged in the landing accident.
>
> In this case the pilot got out OK.
>
> BTW, the F6F was a very capable aircraft, its operation resulting in the
> creation of more "Aces" than any other U.S. fighter aircraft of WWII.
>
> Ken Gordon W7EKB
>
>