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TBM , Wildcat and deck crew confirmed!!!

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@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.

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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. 

 


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