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Title: Battle of Midway
Post by: Movie on March 31, 2007, 04:12:36 PM

I've seen videos on Battle of Midway, did the U.S. Navy use the F4F,F6F, FM2 or all 3 during Midway? As fighter protection of course. Planes taking off seem like FM2's while some in the air they look like F6F's.

Title: Battle of Midway
Post by: Charon on March 31, 2007, 04:38:36 PM

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I've seen videos on Battle of Midway, did the U.S. Navy use the F4F,F6F, FM2 or all 3 during Midway? As fighter protection of course. Planes taking off seem like FM2's while some in the air they look like F6F's.

Sometimes the documentary filmakers are not too hot with the accuracy. In some cases there just wasn't any video so they have to make do, and often do very poorly at it.

F6F, FM2 F4F = all the same to them. Close enough for government work or just can't tell the difference :) It's rare to find anything on the histroy channel, for example, that is over 50 percent accurate at matching the video to the weapon or event.

The best is the series Victory at Sea. Some really rare film with little talk over once the action starts.

Charon

Title: Battle of Midway
Post by: Saxman on March 31, 2007, 04:38:47 PM

You're seeing stock footage cobbled together from whatever was available with no regards to accuracy. The Wildcats at Midway were F4F-4s, and perhaps a few F4F-3s. F6F didn't see combat until September 1943.

Title: Battle of Midway
Post by: Movie on March 31, 2007, 04:59:19 PM

I knew it but wasnt sure thx for info. But it was awesome to see how Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi died his carrier deck loaded with bombs and no jap fighter cover

Title: Battle of Midway
Post by: Raptor on March 31, 2007, 06:18:00 PM

Too bad we don't have an accurate Midway Terrain in AH.... or do we :t

(http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/3641/midwayhj8.jpg)

(http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/591/towerwj0.jpg)

Title: Battle of Midway
Post by: Saxman on March 31, 2007, 06:33:24 PM

I for one would LOVE to see a true PTO terrain in the MA, complete with tropical, rather than temperate, vegetation, beaches, tiny islands, etc. etc.

Alas, Eurocentricity wins out on the Mains.

Title: Battle of Midway
Post by: Movie on March 31, 2007, 06:39:37 PM

basically ending result =
(http://www.bishopmuseum.org/research/nwhi/images/mikuma.jpg)

and this = (http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/9593/coralsea4cb.jpg)

Title: Battle of Midway
Post by: FBplmmr on April 01, 2007, 08:15:43 AM

MIDWAY (http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq81-4.htm)

Title: Battle of Midway
Post by: Brooke on April 01, 2007, 12:48:27 PM

Also, I highly recommend (to Movie) the movie Midway.  An excellent one!

Title: Battle of Midway
Post by: Movie on April 01, 2007, 01:09:00 PM

is the movie Midway the one with henry fonda and charles heston?

Title: Battle of Midway
Post by: Widewing on April 01, 2007, 01:09:29 PM

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Originally posted by Saxman
You're seeing stock footage cobbled together from whatever was available with no regards to accuracy. The Wildcats at Midway were F4F-4s, and perhaps a few F4F-3s. F6F didn't see combat until September 1943.

Navy fighters at Midway were virtually all F4F-4s, but there were some Marine F4F-3s (a total of 6 saw combat) that operated out of Midway, along with 19 Brewster F2A-3s.

My regards,

Widewing

Title: Battle of Midway
Post by: Movie on April 01, 2007, 01:20:16 PM

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Originally posted by Widewing
Navy fighters at Midway were virtually all F4F-4s, but there were some Marine F4F-3s (a total of 6 saw combat) that operated out of Midway, along with 19 Brewster F2A-3s.

My regards,

Widewing

werent those buffalos under the command of major floyd b. "red" parks which all got killed by zekes?

Title: Battle of Midway
Post by: Puck on April 02, 2007, 02:16:03 PM

Only F4F-4s?  Where were the Seafires?  F4U-4s?  F6F's?  Ground launched (from midway) La-7s and Doras?  N1K2s?  SOMETHING doesn't make sense here...

I get it...the Lancasters dive bombed the Japanese carriers.  It all makes sense now.

Title: Battle of Midway
Post by: BaDkaRmA158Th on April 02, 2007, 02:34:51 PM

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Originally posted by Puck
Only F4F-4s?  Where were the Seafires?  F4U-4s?  F6F's?  Ground launched (from midway) La-7s and Doras?  N1K2s?  SOMETHING doesn't make sense here...

I get it...the Lancasters dive bombed the Japanese carriers.  It all makes sense now.

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