Looking for info on Corsair IIs, 1841/ 1842 Naval Air Squadrons , HMS Formidable, Aug. 1944. 1 photo I’ve found shows JT606 (T) from 1842 Sqn. prior to launch for Operation Mascot. Has the centerline fuel tank ( A-1 style) and a 500 (?) pound bomb (US or Brit?) to port. I’d think there’d be another bomb to starboard. (?) I did not think these bomb racks did not come in until the U1-Ds or were they refitted to the A-1s? For Goodwood two Corsairs were armed with 1000 lb bombs. US or Brit bombs? Did they use the Brewster centerline bomb rack? I resume these aircraft did not carry drop tanks. Any clue what two aircraft carried the 1000 pounders?
( Corsair JT606 (’T’) about to begin its take-off run on FORMIDABLE… On August 24th JT606 and its pilot Sub-Lt J. H. French RNVR, failed to return from the first strike of Operation Goodwood.)
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