Rare 1941 Color US Navy Aircraft USS Enterprise San Diego
Old color shots of rare US Navy aircraft aboard USS Enterprise and around the San Diego area. Filmed for the 1941 movie “Dive Bomber”. Scarce aircraft such as the Douglas TBD-1 Devastator, Curtiss SBC-4 Helldiver and the Vought SB2U Vindicator are shown. It was during the filming that the US Navy was changing the paint schemes on aircraft from the colorful pre-war to the overall gray. Several planes were kept in the old patterns while the movie was filmed. Aircraft in the movie were clearly from USS Saratoga (Air Group 3) and from USS Enterprise (Air Group 6)….a very nice view of the Grumman F3F biplane fighter 6-F-4….. The best parts of the movie were just the aircraft shots. Video clips assembled by Greg Clarke.
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Thanks for posting this I was just being nostalgic over on youtube watching videos of my favorite wwii navy aircraft http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrA0S5US_Vk
September 4th, 2008 at 11:38 pmWhoops! the spaminator strikes again lol!
Here is my favorite WWII Navy plane “Whistling Death” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2rpXkb40X0
September 5th, 2008 at 12:24 amAlways amazing to see those color shots from back then. Thanks for sharing.
September 5th, 2008 at 6:28 amIt happened during the 1969 “Soccer War in the air” between El Salvador and Honduras. Of course a good pilot makes a good plane great.
September 5th, 2008 at 6:32 amYou’ve got to get up to Oshkosh some summer for EAA AirVenture (http://www.airventure.org/index.html). There are always lots of warbirds, including the F4U and P51.
Of course, living in the Green Bay area (about an hour from Oshkosh), we kind of take it for granted.
Kahuna
September 5th, 2008 at 8:47 amYou need to get up to Oshkosh some summer for EAA AirVenture (http://www.airventure.org/index.html). They always have a great showing of warbirds, including the F4U, P51 and many others.
Of course, living in the Green Bay area, we kind of take it for granted.
Kahuna
September 5th, 2008 at 8:51 amAir races coming up in Reno
September 5th, 2008 at 10:30 amI’ve also heard Abbotsford International up near Vancouver B.C. is big as well. Having just checked their schedule (Aug 8-10, 2008) might explain why I saw this flying into Boeing Field back in early August. Remember, Russia was invading Georgia? I know the vid here is 2007, but they were supposed to have one this year as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwJfWRx3geo&feature=related
September 5th, 2008 at 4:18 pm