Ran out of room on War 109 thread

Stormbird, yes, JFK’s older brother Joseph Kennedy died in the explosion of a Privateer that had been outfitted as a flying bomb. Google for Project Anvil or Project Aphrodite and you’ll find some info on the whole debacle. If I recall, one of the museums in the UK have recovered parts from the crashsite.

Thank’s

Thank’s Chris 🙂 , I do remember now about those plane bombs from Korea, Late one last night, just the colour threw me, Similar to what they done with a few B-17s during W.W.2, I can remember reading one made a very large hole somewhere in England after taking control of it’s self and going on a joy flight :p , Didn’t JFK’s (Prez) brother died on one of theses missions ?, Cheers lads 😉 , Tally Ho! Phil. :diablo: (Comments, More war colour pics, I’m not fussy let’s try a keep it rolling)

” There’s nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.” (Shakes,Baby)

Hi Phil,

Here’s an answer to your yellow Hellcat question..

Although no Hellcats were produced after the war, the big fighter continued to serve in reserve squadrons. Hence, when the Korean War broke out, many of the F6F’s were still serviceable. Though not used in a fighting role, Hellcats did participate in the Korean War as radio-guided flying bombs. Six F6F-SK’s, assigned to Guided Missile Unit 90, were loaded with high-explosives and directed against North Korean ground targets. The first of these sorties was launched from the USS Boxer on August 28, 1952.

An F6F-5K was launched from the carrier and guided by radio toward Hungnam, where the target was a railroad bridge. Controlling radio signals were sent from Skyraiders of VC-35. Other Hellcats were used as targets themselves to help develop the next generation of airborne weapons-the air-to-air missiles. These planes were identified by their brilliant red or yellow paint schemes.

(source http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraft/)

There you go 🙂

Cheers
Chris
TNZ.