Does anyone have any decent photos of this aircraft during its time in the UK? Doug Arnold brought it over in 1988, and it seems to have remained in relative obscurity until being sold back to the US in 1992. Any photos of the plane while with Warbirds of Great Britain would be great! Thanks 🙂
Rob
By: Septic - 9th January 2007 at 21:14
[QUOTE=Roobarb; Did you ever get any shots of the P40 when it had been painted or the TF51?[/QUOTE]
Hi Roobard,
I did see the P40, and did photograph the aircraft on a couple of occasions, but the TF51 proved to be more elusive, I’ll try to find the P40 shots.
Septic.
By: Roobarb - 9th January 2007 at 05:36
I saw the Corsair in 1991 tucked under the Catalina, the Strathallan Lanc on one side and the Wildcat in front. It certainly had not been repainted and was actually under about an inch of concrete dust! That lovely polished prop was looking the worse for wear as well. It was exported soon after so I’m pretty sure it never got a repaint, and never flew over here.
Great pictures Gary, I’m sure there are a few stories you could tell about trying to get your pictures of the WoGB fleet, I certainly never found it easy;) Having said that, on one occasion in 1989 Doug Arnold had the hangar open and you could take whatever pictures you wanted for an entrance price of £1!, as he sat there in his deckchair……bizzare! Did you ever get any shots of the P40 when it had been painted or the TF51?
By: Rob Mears - 9th January 2007 at 03:49
Man, those are definitely interesting photos. That’s the first I’ve seen of the “Western Village Inn” markings. Those are no doubt remnants of Bob Yancey’s racing days in that aircraft. Also note the clipped wingtips and de-modified windscreen frame.
If I remember correctly, the paint scheme shown in these photos was stripped while the plane was still with WGB. Can anyone confirm this, and if so, are there any photos of the plane following the repaint?
By: Septic - 8th January 2007 at 22:52
Do you mean this one Rob, the photos date from October 1988, I spent many weekends up at Biggin during the late 80’s early 90’s hoping to see Doug’s aircraft outside, this was one of the more successful trips.
Septic.
By: bentwingbomber - 8th January 2007 at 19:57
The one in the picture is the F4U-5.
Not the F4U-4 Rob is looking for.
Cheers
Bwb
By: TonyA - 8th January 2007 at 19:50
Does anyone have any decent photos of this aircraft during its time in the UK? Doug Arnold brought it over in 1988, and it seems to have remained in relative obscurity until being sold back to the US in 1992. Any photos of the plane while with Warbirds of Great Britain would be great! Thanks 🙂
Rob
Coincidentally one in this thread
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=66509
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January 8, 2007 at 5:28 pm