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That's it. I've got some close-up pics, and I think drawings too. If not the latter, I can draw it from the kit parts on the 1/48th scale kit i'm doing.
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That's it. I've got some close-up pics, and I think drawings too. If not the latter, I can draw it from the kit parts on the 1/48th scale kit i'm doing.
Not to be rude, but to clarify, what unit are you going to mark this Avenger as a part of?
VT-19 was serving on USS Lexington (CV-16) at Leyte Gulf, USS Enterprise was carrying VT-20, and USS Essex was carrying VT-15.
As to the model itself, it's looking good.
Hi Glenn, no problem. I'll do it over the next day or so - probably be Wednesday or Thurday when I post it, if that's OK?
hey MFH,
funny how the history books are written huh, but here's a link that shows the orbat...
Task Group Four, TG38.4 order of battle
where VT-19 squadron was both assigned to the big "E" (CV-6) and the uss essex (CV-9) ...
though through written historic accounts during the whole pacific naval campaign of ww2, aircraft from different squadrons landed on any available carrier in the fleet when possible...so, to a certain degree, the whole fleet carried a mix of all it's assigned squadrons...
then again, confirming squadron deployments to a specific operation have always been half the fun...
i did thought of just naming this build under "the battle of the philippine seas" which started from the "marianas turkey shoot" to the final retreat of adm kurita's ijn fleet from the philippine islands...
wow, thanks for the timeline info MFH...USS Lexington it is then...
check out this document...
http://www.history.navy.mil/a-record/ww-ii/loc-ac/1944/nov1944/28-11-44.pdf page 3 of 52...
i wonder if the enterprise and the lexington suddenly switched air groups???
here's a VT-19 avenger color scheme that i saw on the net...looks quite interesting...
I'm glad the info helped. Yes, in late November 1944, Air Group 20 left Enterprise and shifted over to Lexington to replace Air Group 19, and Enterprise converted to a night carrier, and Night Air Group 90 went aboard in late December 1944.
You can find the exact dates here.
One air group replacing another mid-tour happened fairly often. CVG-6 was on CV-6 in late '43, then shifted to CV-11 in early '44, and was replaced by CVG-10. CVG-4's first Pacific carrier was CV-17, was on less than a month in late '44, and when CV-17 was rotated stateside for a refit and repair, CVG-4 shifted to CV-9. CVG-9 returned to the Pacific for its second tour in theater on CV-16 in early '45, and when she was rotated for refit and repair, the air group went to CV-10. It happened with CVG-80, too, and several of the CVLGs as well.
Thanks for the link to the VT-19 TBM. I saw it last night, but I've never seen a corresponding photo, so I didn't post it. I know there are photos that were taken, I've just never seen any of CVG-19's TBMs to confirm the markings, so I can't confirm that's how they were marked.
thanks again mfh...the tri-color scheme was exactly what i was looking for...
would you have any pilot/crew listings info as well??? those night operations with the avengers and hellcats are another build that i'm thinking of adding to this series...specially the hellcats + wing mounted radars...
i'm also looking at a few marine VMF squadrons that were part of the leyte campaigns like MAGSDAGUPAN...as i've always wanted to do SBD and corsair projects, but it has to tie-in with that event...this also ties in with the 1/72 80' elco PT boat that i'm doing as well, which did joint operations during the leyte campaigns...
Here's a sketch for the torpedo 'aerotail' Glenn. The picture I have is the same as yours, plus another one which isn't very clear.
The drawing shows the dimensions for 1/72nd scale, and the rough sketch shows the postion of the tail over the torpedo's fins and 'ring'. The real thing was a simple plywood structure, normally inpainted, and broke away on contact with the water. It's function was purely to provide stability during the drop.
Hope this helps a bit,
Terry.
Here's a sketch for the torpedo 'aerotail' Glenn. The picture I have is the same as yours, plus another one which isn't very clear.
The drawing shows the dimensions for 1/72nd scale, and the rough sketch shows the postion of the tail over the torpedo's fins and 'ring'. The real thing was a simple plywood structure, normally inpainted, and broke away on contact with the water. It's function was purely to provide stability during the drop.
Hope this helps a bit,
Terry.