commonwealth aircraft of the korean war

[jrk]

part of the allied air forces in korea

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE.

douglas DC3 dakota

a gloster meteor mk 8 replacement for the no.77 sqn P-51 mustangs.

RAAF P-51 mustangs of no.77 sqn at iwakuni japan 1950



ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE.

douglas C-54 skymaster



ROYAL SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE.

SAAF P-51 Mustang

SAAF F-86 Sabre

 

[Nonskimmer]

Nice pics.
No RCAF fighter squadrons I'm afraid. A few Canucks in USAF Sabres on exchange, but that was it as far as I know.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Like the SAAF Sabre! Michael Dorn (Startrack) Bought a former SAAF Sabre and brought it to a company I was working for to have it stripped down to bare aluminum. He then had it polished out - real nice aircraft!

He decided to re-do something with the paint - he told me "It looks strange to have a black guy flying around in a Sabre with SAAF markings!"

 

[jrk]

you know me by now nonskimmer if i saw any other canadian planes i would have posted them................... for sure

 

[Nonskimmer]

he told me "It looks strange to have a black guy flying around in a Sabre with SAAF markings!"

He's got a point.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice pics jrk!

 

[jrk]

UN AIRCRAFT

BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

auster AOP 6

cessna L-19 bird dog

fairey firefly (carrier based)

hawker sea fury (carrier based)

short sunderland

supermarine seafire 47 (carrier based)

 

[Nonskimmer]

So who had Canadian roundels, the Brits or the Australians?

I'm kidding of course. Nice pics. Love the Sea Fury.
The roundel and number on the right wing of the L-19 are upside down. I've never noticed that before.
I wonder if that was common practice for Army aircraft. Hmmm.

 

[jrk]

i picked the canadian bird dog pic cos i love the landscape covered in snow beautiful.its just like christmas at least i hope thats what it,ll be like this christmas over here anyhow

 

[evangilder]

Good stuff. I see one of Brian Lockett's pics up there as well.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice pics jrk!

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Very Cool!

 

[mosquitoman]

Great Sunderland pic!

 

[jrk]

a lot of peeps seem to forget about the sunderland.there was a sunderland that was attacked by a group of ju 88s and it managed to send 4 of them packing.did anyone know the nickname for the sunderland was the flying porccupine?

 

[Wildcat]

Yep, that Sunderland was from 10 Sqaudron RAAF based at Mount Batten, it was attacked by 8 Ju88's over the Bay of Biscay.

 

[jrk]

thanks for confirming that wildcat

 

[mosquitoman]

It had a galley and an anchor aswell!

 

[jrk]

you know some pretty serious stuff mossieman

 

[pbfoot]

the canadian c 54 used merlin engines and were called northstars

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

the sunderland had two decks internally as well