And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The Wildcat was a decent plane but the Zero was way better it shot down a bunch of Wildcats! Now the Hellcat, that was a BIG improvement and shot down more Zeros than any other plane in the Pacific theater!!! grayman
There is a spcl B-25 out there with the tail-gunner position opened up to house one fearless individual with photo equipment.........that;s usually how you get these warbird dead-on shots!
Too close for comfort is correct. Especially if the photo was snapped by a parachute occupant.
ReplyDeleteIt is a close shot, but man what a great picture.
ReplyDeleteWas the photographer on a wing?
ReplyDeleteNice pic of an F4F Wildcat.
ReplyDeleteLast thing a Zero pilot ever sees...
ReplyDeleteAnd vice versa.
DeleteThe Wildcat was a decent plane but the Zero was way better it shot down a bunch of Wildcats! Now the Hellcat, that was a BIG improvement and shot down more Zeros than any other plane in the Pacific theater!!! grayman
DeleteAnd, yet, more Zeros were shot down by Wildcats than the reverse...
Delete6.9 - 1 ratio over the entire war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat
DeleteThere is a spcl B-25 out there with the tail-gunner position opened up to house one fearless individual with photo equipment.........that;s usually how you get these warbird dead-on shots!
ReplyDelete“Executive Sweet” is the 25 I think you’re referring too. Flew out of Van Nuys airport.
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