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Monday, 17 May 2010

Real or Photoshopped?

6 comments:

Parrothead Jeff said...

Definitely real!

That happened on the USS Midway ;-)
More pics and a couple of videos on the USS Midway website:
http://www.midwaysailor.com/midwayva25bomb/

I love that story!

Anonymous said...

Looks more like Viet Nam era.....Skyraiders were used extensively in /Nam....

Anonymous said...

Very Real...my father-in-law, was one of the Ordies that did it.

Anonymous said...

Sandies were badass angels. Flew cover for medevacs and ground ops.

That airplane can take off with its own weight in armament.

techreader said...

Real. The A1D Skyraider, aka "Spad", would carry its own weight in ordnance.

Unknown said...

@ Parrothead Jeff - There was also a recent article in Flight Journal regarding the toilet bombing (Saniflush?) :)

Yes, you could haul and drop about anything from a Spad.