Saturday, February 18, 2017

F-51 Korean war pictures

From what I can see the F-51 used during the Korean where pretty abused aircraft.  What I have read these aircraft flew numerous sorties a day.  With very little maintenance, only what was needed to keep the aircraft flying.  Almost all had been painted with silver paint after the second world war.  Spare parts became a problem.  Open air repairs.  Let say it was a major mess.

Note: Most of the cockpits had been painted black on the F-51's.  

  Here are the picture to show how rough the aircraft where.  All pictures are reference and I claim no ownership on them.









Amazing amount dirt from firing the guns.








Note the wear of the wing root.  One can see the prime paint and skin

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