[ARC5] NMNA F6F-3 Radio Frequencies of Equipment

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Kenneth G. Gordon
<kgordon2006 at verizon.net> wrote:
> 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.

Sounds like this one, Ken:

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7146023

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/11/navy_hellcat_recovery_113009w/


And an SBD:

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/aircraft.lake.michigan.2.993477.html


They make mention of the SBD I saw in Midway airport recently.


Here's the homepage of the company pulling these planes out for the
last 20+ years, A&T Recovery:

http://www.atrecovery.com/Index.htm


Very interesting reading, with a lot of good photos.


~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4