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Later some of these Corsairs went to Hollywood to be in The Black Sheep Squadron. Later, Charlie's Angels T and A shot down the show during the second season.
The Last Piston-Engine Dogfights
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Military History
Posted >1 y ago
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That's pretty interesting! I did not know that. I would love to fly a Corsair! Loved Black Sheep Squadron too. That squadron (on the TV show) seemed to live quite the cushy life when they weren't getting shot at.
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PO3 Steven Sherrill
1stSgt Nelson Kerr - No I have not. I would agree that nobody would want to be portrayed in a negative light.
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MAJ Byron Oyler
Don't read the book or anything else about Boyington if you have any respect for him now. I lost a lot of respect for him and if you don't have to read and learn some of that, enjoy him as a hero.
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SFC Jim Ruether
I guess you don't have to necessarily respect a guy with his kind of talent behind the gun switch in a Corsair. He did what was expected of him and God only knows what kind of demons he dealt with during his time in the cockpit. He lost a lot of good friends in China and the South Pacific. As a Squadron commander that letter writing to these pilots next of kin fell squarely in his lap. I have seen almost every documentary on his life and military career and figure you have to take the good with the bad in his case.
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During roughly the same time period in Vietnam there were piston-engine US A-1 Skyraiders shooting down Vietnamese MiG-17s. I believe these were the last kills of jet fighters by propeller driven aircraft.
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SMSgt Lawrence McCarter
Sgt Steven Thomas - That was great, I have seen the A1E Skyraiders in action onair strikes with both the USAF and VNAF but wasn't aware they had ever shot sown a Mig17 jet aircraft that's pretty impressive. Thank You for that posting.
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SMSgt Lawrence McCarter
CPT (Join to see) - Guess that is one way of dropping some shit on the
enemy !
enemy !
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My 2 favorite birds of the WWII era. So much ingenuity in both of them. They just sound impressive when compared to other birds of that era, too - smooth engines.
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