ID this aircraft?

The Navy called the plane Shadow and the Army called it Spooky in Vietnam, if I remember correctly.
I was in the Navy.
 
Thanks to everyone who appreciated my photos.

Here is a side view of the Fury and its principle adversary.

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bob3700 said:
The Jet is an F2 Fury. It was a Navy version of the F-86 Sabre Jet. That said, in reality, there were few common parts between the two. The Fury was a unique aircraft all unto itself. There are still one or two still flying in private hands.

Bob
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Do the privately owned ones get to any airshows? Sure would like to see one in the air!!
 
The Navy used a B-26? Geeze, you could hardly land one of those things on Terra Firma, much less a Carrier.

They Texas Air Force has been flying excursions in old War Birds for the past couple of weeks. A couple of week ends ago, a B-17 flew over our Range several times.

I just love the sound of those big Radial Engines.......jackie
 
kansasvet said:
The Navy called the plane Shadow and the Army called it Spooky in Vietnam, if I remember correctly.
I was in the Navy.
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They also used the name "Puff" in RVN. Kinda depended on where you ate your lunch I guess. In 68 we had "Spooky" on call 24/7 at DaNang. Down south they also were using C119's converted over to the same role. These were called AC119 Spectors, and were even better than the AC47. As I left the AC130's were just starting to come online
gary
 
TomD said:
Thanks to everyone who appreciated my photos.

Here is a side view of the Fury and its principle adversary.

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Mig15.jpg
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that's an early model swept wing Fury. It has the short ridge back. The other plane is a Mig15. The Mig15 was a take off of Kurt Tank's TA183, but with a stretched body to take a Russian copy of the Rolls Royce Nene engine. The TA183 was built in numbers in Argentina after the war, and is essentially a German 1944 design. Did you take any photos of the Skyraider in the background?
gary
 
awesome thread

You guys make me interested in stuff I know nothing about :)

Tom your photography is simply outstanding.

Thank You

al
 
squeakie said:
Did you take any photos of the Skyraider in the background?
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Yeah, I shot it but was never able to get it to my satisfaction because of the dense crowd of aircraft in that part of the museum. Here's what I have but the shot is a cluttered mess.

Another guess what below that.

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TomD said:
Yeah, I shot it but was never able to get it to my satisfaction because of the dense crowd of aircraft in that part of the museum. Here's what I have but the shot is a cluttered mess.

Another guess what below that.

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V-S-S is an Avenger or a Helldiver. The Dauntless had the rear mounted machine guns as well, but didn't have an internal bomb bay. But I'm not really upto speed on these three airframes. My guess is that it's a Helldiver.

I love Skyraiders! I've seen them with so much junk hanging on the wings that I thought they'd never get off the ground. Somewhere around the house I actually have a photo of a Skyraider with a toilet hanging from under the wing!!
gary
 
Back in 1968, I saw Skyraiders with more ordanance hanging off the wings and fusalage than the plane weighed. Those big Radials sounded like a thousand Harley Davidsons hittin the road.............jackie
 
Butch Lambert said:
Gary,
Did you see Asa's answer. The attachment he posted is the same plane V-S-5
Butch
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yes I saw that right after I made the post. I've never seen one, so really wouldn't know for sure. To be serious I was leaning towards somekind of a carrier based aircraft with flaps of the type used on dive bombers. But alas I was wrong! By the way nice pics
gary
 
squeakie said:
To be serious I was leaning towards somekind of a carrier based aircraft with flaps of the type used on dive bombers.
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Gary,

You were not wrong re: carrier based dive bomber - Buccaneer was designed for this role. Unfortunately, the plane didn't meet expectations (less than desired performance, and poor handling characteristics), and never saw combat use in WW2. From the webpage linked to earlier, less than 800 were built.
 
Asa Yam said:
Gary,

You were not wrong re: carrier based dive bomber - Buccaneer was designed for this role. Unfortunately, the plane didn't meet expectations (less than desired performance, and poor handling characteristics), and never saw combat use in WW2. From the webpage linked to earlier, less than 800 were built.
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just a further note to WWII aircraft;

It appears that the Smithsonian is final going to rebuild their TA 152H! They're getting ready to do a major parts dig a little north of Bill Calfee's place. The TA 152H was the finest prop fighter to ever see service in any theater. Also hearing that the HO 229 and AR 234 are also in the works. And "Swoosh" is about 50% done right now (Wright Patterson B17C). All four of these planes are extremely important pieces of history
gary
 
This is an awesome thread. Love the photos. What kind of camera are you using?
 
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