I did mean a Kingfisher. Things do get screwed up when you are old. I was n the Dulles Air Museum about 10 years ago & they had a Kingfisher hanging over the Enola Gay & I went up to look at it & it was from the Indiana. What a thrill to see the plane my brother actually flew in during WW2. I heard that they had 3 on the ship & he flew a lot so it was probably his plane.
I built 2 Monogram Kingfishers , one for him & one for me. I have around 200 fighters from WW1 thru now. I built Glenn Eaglestons P51B&D & his P47 as he was my CO after WW2. He & Ralph Parr were both in our sqaudron
Hey I liked that you said " Swordfish '! Here’s a thought,I read your post to my Grandson.He asked me a very interesting group of questions.So I am going to share with you and everyone else.
First; Did he catch the swordfishy hisself?
Second; How did he get wings to stick on it?
Third , How did he keep that swordfishy from stabbin him?
I thought we needed some light banter once in a while . T.B.
Just a bit of info about anchor chains: one may look at the sizes of the anchors used on many ocean-going vessels and wonder how such a small anchor can hold such a large ship…well, it’s actually the anchor chain that holds the vessel in place - the anchor will (hopefully) grab onto something below, but it’s most often the scope (length) of chain (usually, 7 to 8 times the depth of anchorage) out that keeps the ship in place. With regards to OREGON: looking in “Battleship OREGON” by Bert Webber I have a nice bow-on photo of OREGON with the stbd anchor chain payed out. I see it’s stud-linked, and the diameter of the links looks to be in the neighborhood of 8’ - 10" — pretty hefty chain. The stud-links keep the chain from foul ing down in the chain locker. If you’d like me to email you the photo I spoke of, let me know.
Tank, I like your questions on the Swordfish my brother might have flown in or on. My wife asked him one time if he had a gun on the Kingfisher & then quickly said , oh no they wouldn’t have given Bob a gun. He wasn’t great with handguns, but he did have a 20mm on the bridge that he shot at Kamakazi’s. He did hit a Betty one time. he said it was so close he could see the pilot, but thought he was already dead.They were hit 3 times, but one time a kamakazi hit one of their props. They had to come in for repairs & when they went back they took the Missouri out on her first run.