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12-12-2012, 05:05 PM

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F4U-1D with rocket assisted takeoff- pics wanted

I've never seen this and I'm kinda a Corsair freak.

last Friday, Dec 7th, I recorded some Pearl Harbor shows on the Military Channel. One show "Myths of Pearl Harbor" focused on the mini- sub that may have gotten inside the harbor itself.

At 31 minutes into it, I caught a glimps of a Rocket assisted take off (RATO) for just a few seconds. here are three pics from the very short clip. It is clearly a VF-84 marked bird (arrow) from I assume the USS Bunker Hill spring 1945.

Does anyone have any book pictures or info on this capability?

Thanks ,
Mike

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