The BoB pilots that was lost was,

Don Lanzo the Spanish pilot was Killed on Jan. 20 1968 near Tablada Airfield. He was a big war Hero in Spain fought in Russia during the War.

In Zeppelin their were four deaths One of the SE% collied with the production Helicopter over Dublin Bay in the fall of 1970 killing the SE5 pilot and the tree people on the Chopper.

In Tora Tora Tora their were two deaths both invovling the Vals. the first killed Jack Canary who at the time was the Director of Air Ops. for the movie. The second one was when one of the Vals. came apart over Pearl harbor during a simulated dive-bombing run. Also during the movie one of the P-40 replica’s goes out of control and smash’s into the Petrol Tank this is still in the Movie.

In Darling Lili their was’nt any deaths but one of the stunt pilots ended up in the Hospital for six months when the SE5 he was flying flipped over and cart-wheeled.

Hope this helps out some

Hi All,

Theirs a great book called ” Broken Wings Hollywoods Air Crashes” By James H. Farmer the ISN is 0-933126-46-8

This book covers all of the major Movies and the crashes in them.

Its got some great photos. theirs a whole chapter on the Twilight Zone King Nine Will Not Return. I highly recommend you pick the book up.

Moggy,

When the USMAC pilots try to slow down to drop the Nap. tubs they would experiance a slow wing stall which if not caught would cause you to fall off to your left or right, No prob. if your at height but when you were comming in at 1000 AGL this isn’t good cause one to become part of Terra Ferma. So some bright pilot came up with the idea of approaching at Carrier land speed with everything hanging well the rest is as they say history.

I have some great photo’s of both USMAC and FAA/RN guys dropping Nap on targets.

Hi,

The use of the Landing Gear as DiveBrakes came out of trying to get Napalm on Jap. targets. In close air ground support in the Island Camp. Corsair pilots were slowing down to much causing a stall coundition when they drop their tanks. Some pilot came up with the idea of lets try it with the Gear down.

No Corsair was ever build with a Dive brake,one of the many things that went into designing the SkyRaider came out of the lessons of the Corsair in the Pacific. Thats why they had dive brakes incorputed into their design.

Look at the Corsair Thread

Hi All,

Ifd anyone wants to see hat happens to Corsair after they have sat in Salt Water for 60 Years look at the Corsair thread. These parts end up here in the States on the West Coast .

They are not RNZAF aircraft, they come from either the 1841 or 1842 SQuadron we could never get the exact serial ##s.

Cheers CrazyMainer:cool: