[ARC5] NMNA F6F-3 Radio Frequencies of Equipment
Todd, KA1KAQ
ka1kaq at gmail.com
Tue Jun 15 12:53:09 EDT 2010
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>Sounds like this one, Ken:
>>
>>http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/11/navy_hellcat_recovery_113009w/
>
> At least the article above identifies the loss date as 05 JAN 1945.
Another article that rehashes much of the same info adds:
"Prior to the activities on Lake Michigan, this particular Hellcat
served with Fighter Squadron VF-38 at Guadalcanal in 1943."
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/michigan-historic-preservation-office-and-mshda-announce-recovery-of-wwii-fighter-plane-from-lake-michigan-73613127.html
Looks like as they replaced damaged or war-weary aircraft with new
models, the old ones were sent back for training purposes.
It certainly backs up the training configurations you mentioned earlier, Mike.
~ Todd, KA1KAQ/4
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