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General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: whels on November 15, 2006, 06:36:25 PM

Title: F4U-1A skin request
Post by: whels on November 15, 2006, 06:36:25 PM

now that we have the -1A . id like to request a skin for Papy Boyington's
VMF 214, Lulubelle
http://www.acepilots.com/usmc_boyington3.html

Thanks

Whels

Title: F4U-1A skin request
Post by: Saxman on November 15, 2006, 06:44:09 PM

I plan on revising all the skins I started, so don't worry, I'm DEFINITELY planning to start looking at the 1A. Don't expect the lightning progress I had on the F4U-1/1D, tho. There I had templates to work on, and now I'll probably have to start from scratch. :(

Although as a note, don't expect that to be accepted. There's no evidence Boyington ever ACTUALLY flew that plane in combat.

Title: F4U-1A skin request
Post by: Target2 on November 15, 2006, 08:40:49 PM

AFAIK that famous photo was just that, a photo. If you look at the flags, they are put on in a hap hazard kind of way. He never flew that plane in combat. VMF-214 didn't have any assigned planes, there are records of aircraft he did fly though.

Title: F4U-1A skin request
Post by: Saxman on November 15, 2006, 09:16:15 PM

From what I understand VF-17 was one of only a VERY small handful of land-based Corsair squadrons to have individual aircraft.

Title: F4U-1A skin request
Post by: Stoney74 on November 15, 2006, 11:46:15 PM

Well, at least of the squadrons that worked out of the Solomons early in the war.  I'd guess that later on most squadrons were able to manage aircraft in that manner.  I know that Walsh had his own F4U-4 on Oki.  Maybe some of the guys in the Palaus and Marshalls had 'em?