Hey man, yo I need a little fix here.

[Gunfreak]

I'm antsy for a little something something, you gave me some freebies, now I'm hooked. Just a little bit more, a new external shot, mabye another new cockpit view?

[-Rudel-]

[Boosterdog]

TBM , Wildcat and deck crew confirmed!!!

[Gunfreak]

7 hours ago, Boosterdog said:

TBM , Wildcat and deck crew confirmed!!!

Woot woot?

[Tengu]

That's really convincing (photo-realistic) in black and white. 

But what am I looking at with all the white smoke?

Edited January 31, 2022 by Tengu

[AG-51_Razor]

That is a real black and white photo of a Corsair begining his takeoff run from a CVE using JATO bottles. My guess is it's a test of the system as it's the first time I have ever seen a photo of them in use on a Corsair.

[Fairey Gannet]

On 1/30/2022 at 3:35 PM, -Rudel- said:

Great. Could you perhaps sell technicolour upgrade somewhere down the line?

[Tengu]

@AG-51_Razor, thanks for educating me.  I was going to ask if it was a CVE noting the Wildcat / Avenger combo, but you already answered that in your post. 

Apparently, it's from Sep-44 aboard CVE-18 Altamaha.  The caption from another source  states:

"A F4U-1 Corsair starts takoff (sic) run on USS Altamata (sic) (CVE-18) in 1944 after widespread acceptance of JATO units for fleet use."  That last bit is news to me.

Here's another Jato Corsair from the internet.

Also a BuAer video on JATO from 1945.  It shows details of the Jato bottles, wiring, and attachment to the aircraft.  It also compares unassisted and assisted take off runs of a Wildcat, Hellcat, Corsair, Dauntless and Avenger.  I was surprised at how quickly the Corsair's tail lifts off on the unassisted run.  The pilot gets his tail wheel off the ground in maybe a second and the aircraft level maybe 4 seconds. 

 

Edited February 1, 2022 by Tengu

[AG-51_Razor]

That's very interesting indeed Tengu. Thank you for posting those pictures..I have never seen much less was I ever aware of the Corsair using JATO bottles!