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To: jrushing
God bless. One of my dad's favorite programs:


18 posted on 11/14/2009 4:49:12 PM PST by incredulous joe ("Live Free or Fight")
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To: incredulous joe
One of my dad's favorite programs.

It was one of my favorite also.

The Corsair's distinctive sound, which earned it among the Japanese the nick-name of "Whistling Death", partly because of the engine sound, that was caused by the wing-root inlets for engine air. Shown above is Maj. Gregory Boyington's F4U from VMF-214.

26 posted on 11/14/2009 5:24:48 PM PST by jrushing (Anti-American-Terrorists-Cowards-Nazis-Communist-Socialist-Democratic Party)
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