Repost:Fleet Air Arm photo for Bert-Jan

Bert-Jan:
It is not a colored B&W Photo but original WWII Color.My notes (finally
found them)state it was an FAA repair depot in the UK.
Hub

Fabulous! Got any more? I'm especially intrigued by the Corsair without
clipped wings!

Brian

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Fabulous! Got any more? I'm especially intrigued by the Corsair without
clipped wings!

Brian
Sorry Brian, only one of this place I have ever found.
Hub

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ng.com...
Fabulous! Got any more? I'm especially intrigued by the Corsair without
clipped wings!

Brian

I believe the very first batch of Corsairs for the FAA (Mk I) did not have
"clipped" wings, but that subsequent marks (II,III and IV) did have them.
If this is a Mk I, it should have the original "birdcage" canopy, but it's
quite hard to tell because of the angle of the shot.

Regards

Pat Macguire

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ng.com...
Fabulous! Got any more? I'm especially intrigued by the Corsair without
clipped wings!

Brian

I believe the very first batch of Corsairs for the FAA (Mk I) did not have
"clipped" wings, but that subsequent marks (II,III and IV) did have them.
If this is a Mk I, it should have the original "birdcage" canopy, but it's
quite hard to tell because of the angle of the shot.

Regards

Pat Macguire


Looking more closely, I think you can see the canopy framing, rather than
the one-piece "blown" hood, thus confirming a Mk I (possibly!).

Other interesting points are the gas-detection diamond on the port wing and
the fact that the aircraft are lashed down.

Regards

Pat Macguire

"Hub Plott III" wrote in news:46c19379$0
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Bert-Jan:
It is not a colored B&W Photo but original WWII Color.My notes (finally
found them)state it was an FAA repair depot in the UK.
Hub


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Thanks very much for the repost,

Looking very closely I still think it is a coloured B/W or at least it's
been "helped".
Nevertheless, it's very nicely done and I still think it is VERRRRY
interesting and I'll very gladly add it to my collection of "harvested-
from-the-net-and-groups" pics.

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Cheers,

Bert-Jan

On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:18:18 GMT, wrote:

Fabulous! Got any more? I'm especially intrigued by the Corsair without
clipped wings!

Brian

Great mix! 2 Seafires, a Corsair, 1 Martlet, 2 Barracudas and a nose I
can't identify. Very nice pic.

As a fan of the FAA, thank you!

"Bert-Jan" wrote in message
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"Hub Plott III" wrote in news:46c19379$0
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Bert-Jan:
It is not a colored B&W Photo but original WWII Color.My notes (finally
found them)state it was an FAA repair depot in the UK.
Hub


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Thanks very much for the repost,

Looking very closely I still think it is a coloured B/W or at least it's
been "helped".
Nevertheless, it's very nicely done and I still think it is VERRRRY
interesting and I'll very gladly add it to my collection of "harvested-
from-the-net-and-groups" pics.

--
Cheers,

Bert-Jan

But if someone was "colouring" a B/W original why would they show the grey
on the Seafire and that on the Corsair as so different, or at least
differently weathered? And the gas-detection patch faithfully rendered in
its sort of zinc chromate colour, and the red primer on the repairs to the
starboard wing? Too clever by half, I think!

To me, it certainly has an authentic, genuine look to it, but then maybe I'm
just guillable!

Regards

Pat Macguire

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On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:18:18 GMT, wrote:

Fabulous! Got any more? I'm especially intrigued by the Corsair without
clipped wings!

Brian

Great mix! 2 Seafires, a Corsair, 1 Martlet, 2 Barracudas and a nose I
can't identify. Very nice pic.

As a fan of the FAA, thank you!

Having blown the picture up and used a fair amount of imagination, I think
the unidentified nose sticking out of the hanger to the left is second Sea
Hurricane, and behind it a whole bunch of mechanics are swarming over a
third. Is the second Seafire the one behind the two Barracudas?


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Dave

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On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:18:18 GMT, wrote:

Fabulous! Got any more? I'm especially intrigued by the Corsair without
clipped wings!

Brian

Great mix! 2 Seafires, a Corsair, 1 Martlet, 2 Barracudas and a nose I
can't identify. Very nice pic.

As a fan of the FAA, thank you!

Having blown the picture up and used a fair amount of imagination, I think
the unidentified nose sticking out of the hanger to the left is second Sea
Hurricane, and behind it a whole bunch of mechanics are swarming over a
third. Is the second Seafire the one behind the two Barracudas?


I thought that was another Martlet, something about the height and the
dihedral of the wing?

Regards

Pat Macguire