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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: Dragon Tamer on June 05, 2014, 04:43:35 PM
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I found this while doing research for another skin (and yes I went ahead and skinned it already), at first I thought it was 4.5 inch rocket tubes but once I looked a little bit close it doesn't look anything like the rocket tubes. On the forum where I found this image, it was suggested that maybe it was some sort of incendiary type of ordinance but no body could confirm it.
(http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii120/Duggy009/Duggy009-2/P-51-B-7thAirForce-16th-74th-Iowa-Belle.jpg)
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I don't see any ordinance, i do however see ordnance :ahand
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I don't see any ordinance, i do however see ordnance :ahand
:noid
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1LT C.W. Mahannah's P-51B/C from the 23rd FG in the CBI. Not sure what is under the wing, at first I thought it was bazooka tubes with some sort of bracing but I found a better picture showing the front angle more and those are definitely not bazooka tubes. It kind of looks like a M-69 incendiary cluster bomb without the outer casing.
Here's a better picture of the Iowa Belle showing whatever is mounted under the wing.
(http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a185/Cavtanker/belle1.jpg)
This is a diagram of the M-69.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/AN-M69_1_%28ORDATA%29.jpg/380px-AN-M69_1_%28ORDATA%29.jpg)
You might get a more definitive answer in this forum thread. The OP is the grandson of 1LT. C.W. Mahannah's that was looking for more info about his grandfather and where I got the other picture from.
http://forum.armyairforces.com/Iowa-Belle-m153290.aspx
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