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Topic Started: Apr 1 2018, 01:29 PM (86 Views)
Jolly
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Geaux Tigers!
Yes, boys and girls, that's P-40's going into combat...From a carrier...

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George K
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The guys at the lower left: "Holy sh!t! That thing got airborne!"
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Jolly
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That happened during the North African campaign. They desperately needed air assets, and if Doolittle could get a B-25 off the deck on one...They loaded up seventy P-40's on a carrier and away they went.

There is a bit of the footage on this video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4zgWYshZms&index=71&list=PL87B91BF8DAF07103
Edited by Jolly, Apr 1 2018, 02:51 PM.
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George K
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I remember reading "First Heroes" (great book, by the way) about the Doolittle raids. Those guys did everything , EVERYTHING, to reduce weight on the Mitchells to be able to get them off the carrier deck. They even scrapped the machine guns in the tail, replacing them with black-painted broomsticks to make them *look* like they had rear protection.
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... "
- Mik, 6/14/08


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