Originally Posted by haitch40 (Post 335912)

Can I by any chance steal your planes? I want them on my table.

Originally Posted by McQ59 (Post 335771)

Cool thread Foz, and what an impressing collection of Hurries!

I've set my mind of building up a little fighter-collection myself. The basic idea is to collect a small # of significant warbirds to illustrate a tiny bit of the development they went through in just a few short years, and the special purpose and task they were designed to cover.

From left to right in the vid you see a mkVb, a mkIX, a mkXIV, P51B, P51D-5, E3, F4 and a A-5. In back there is a V1 that came with the mkXIV.
(Notice the markings on the mkXIV is the same as the spit in BoP/DW-D. A cool coincidense...) Set the vid at highest resolution.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2kinNzoYVo

Originally Posted by olife (Post 336623)

very nice thread foz!!!
and very nice collection!!!fantastic!! ,your corsair "3" withe must be the plane of enseign FREDERICK J.STREIG of VF17 ,in 1944 ,i think.strangly in 1944 ,the streig's corsair had still the red lines around the US nationality roundels,in fact these red lines were painted during a short time in a middle of 1943,but quickly suppressed because of the resemblence with the japanese HINOMARU.
the 29 must be the plane of IRA C.KEPFORD ,VF17 too ,bougainville ,january 1944.

Originally Posted by FOZ_1983 (Post 336645)

Thank you for your kind words Olife :D

Your knowledge of the Corsairs is very good!! Your correct on both counts on who they belong to.

As for "3" it was the corsair that he (Frederick Streig) used when he was in combat over Rabaul in January 1944. Your right, it is strange how the red lines are still present as i think (don't quote me) they were stopped being used in mid/late 43??