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Old 21st Mar 2010, 14:40
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RR. As you say not the Hellcat.
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Old 21st Mar 2010, 16:44
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Probably not, but Grumman Avenger maybe?
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Old 21st Mar 2010, 17:12
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Hello

It looks like the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver underside view in Jane's 1945 ,don't it ?
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Old 21st Mar 2010, 17:23
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The Helldiver had inward retracting u/c. The Avenger retracted backwards!
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Old 21st Mar 2010, 17:23
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Sorry Chaps, it is neither the Grumman Avenger nor the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver.
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Old 21st Mar 2010, 17:30
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Wild Guess: F4u
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Old 21st Mar 2010, 18:33
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I'm not sure that we are looking at a gull wing mate! I'm guessing not a Corsair! Still, I'm struggling!
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Old 21st Mar 2010, 18:51
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Not the Corsair. You are in the correct branch of service.
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Old 21st Mar 2010, 19:07
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How about the Devastator?
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Old 21st Mar 2010, 19:14
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Not the Devastator. This one was a bit later.
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Old 21st Mar 2010, 20:52
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Might it be the Vought SikorskySB2U-3 Vindicator ,just a guess
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Old 21st Mar 2010, 20:55
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You are under the wing looking inboard.
You are in the correct branch of service.
Not the Devastator. This one was a bit later.
Hi Mel. Grumman Guardian?

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Old 21st Mar 2010, 21:01
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That is the one.

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Old 21st Mar 2010, 21:35
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Thanks Mel. Don't really know why, but I convinced myself it was a post-war British aircraft and damned if I could find one with wheels retracting toward the outer wing.

New one...

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Old 21st Mar 2010, 21:43
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Is it the Ryan Hummingbird mate?
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Old 21st Mar 2010, 21:48
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Is it the Ryan Hummingbird mate?
G'day Martin. Still no word from LM. Do you mean the Lockheed XV-4 Humming Bird?....no, sorry.
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Old 21st Mar 2010, 21:50
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Wild guess the Bell X-22?
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Old 21st Mar 2010, 22:01
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Wild guess the Bell X-22?
No mate. My challenge cannot lift vertically (unless a bomb went off under it).
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Old 21st Mar 2010, 22:04
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I'm trying not to be mislead by your yank sergeant....
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Old 21st Mar 2010, 22:10
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I'm trying not to be mislead by your yank sergeant....
Don't worry, he's a nice guy and wouldn't lie to you.
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