Aeroplane Monthly 1984-02
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B.Service - Ghost squadron
The CAF’s Boeing B-29 Superfortress, N529B, takes part in a simulated A-bomb drop on Hiroshima with an escorting P-51.
The photograph shows the gunner’s position in the B-29 Superfortress
Douglas R4D-6S originally equipped for air-sea warfare training w US Navy.
The Grumman F4F Wildcat was the standard US Navy fighter at the outbreak of the Pacific war. This FM-2 represents an aircraft of VF-41 Sqn attached to the USS Ranger.
Corsair F4U5-N NX4903M represents an aircraft of VMF 212. In 64,051 sorties, Corsairs destroyed 2,140 Japanese aircraft with the loss of only 189 F4Us in aerial combat.
Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat, NL14HP, one of 1,000 built.
Ex American-built Texan N5797 masqueraded as a Zero for the film Tora! Tora! Tora! The CAF has several of these film aircraft.
Bill Sims Canadian Navy Hawker Sea Fury, N232J
The Lone Star Wing’s Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina N16KL with Pratt & Whitney R-1830s turning.