southwestforests Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Hey Y'all: Question, What are those sailors doing to that P-40 that's hanging by its wheels in slings in what appears to be an aircraft carrier hangar? 🤔  [url=https://flic.kr/p/2nBpN6S][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52252904692_105486864b_c.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2nBpN6S]Curtiss P-40[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/20087013@N02/]Willard  Womack[/url], on Flickr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
southwestforests Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 (edited) Hmm, apparently I've lost track of something that's different on this forum about external images compared to the couple other forums I'm on. 🤔 Oh well, the endocrine and neurological diseases are roughing me up today and I'm not going to try to figure it out. Edited July 31, 2022 by southwestforests Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andyf117 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Just enter the image address using the "Other Media" field at the bottom right corner, et voila: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WymanV Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Â Might be tricky to answer to what they're actually doing to the plane but if the question is why is it on a carrier? Operation Torch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Tapsell Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 I believe it was a standard means of transporting additional aircraft in aircraft carrier hangars (as spares or when transporting 'passengers' who were due to be offloaded). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vonjhn68 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 (edited) Hello all - I believe that this is P-40F 41-13927 which was taken out of service in 1943. Looks like it was being transported via CV in early 1943 for action in the North African / Mediterranean region. When CVs and CVEs were used for aircraft transport, they were usually filled to the gills with aircraft. When an aircraft is off-loaded from a carrier, it is normally via a crane from one of the CV's elevators and would not be in a sling like in the picture. My guess is that in order to maximize space in the hanger bay, they were slinging aircraft up into the overhead. I am not for certain, but I believe this P-40 belonged to the 325th FG and would make sense that it was taken out of service later in 1943 when they upgraded to P-47s.  Cheers, John Edited July 31, 2022 by vonjhn68 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
southwestforests Posted August 1, 2022 Author Share Posted August 1, 2022 6 hours ago, andyf117 said: Just enter the image address using the "Other Media" field at the bottom right corner, et voila: Thanks. Will make a note then try to remember that there is a note. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andyf117 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 8 hours ago, southwestforests said: Thanks. Will make a note then try to remember that there is a note. That sounds a lot like when my wife's put something somewhere safe where she won't lose it - and then can't remember where she put it... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Andy, it's not just your wife who forgets where she puts things. While going through some of my stash boxes this weekend, while looking for something completely different, I "found" a small parcel inside one of my larger boxes containing all kinds of goodies that I "lost" a couple of years ago! I swear, I am my own worst enemy!  🤪 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 They are looking for the "ominous Nun's hat". Notice they themselves have their hats on oddly! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
southwestforests Posted August 1, 2022 Author Share Posted August 1, 2022 6 hours ago, jonwinn said: hats on oddly I have a theory about how people get sci-fi and fantasy character, location, and faction, names; they look at a phrase like "hats on oddly" and go, "Ah! 'Hatzon Ahdly'!" And then they create a faction named Hatzon Ahdly who in the most amazing unplanned coincidence all happen to wear silly hats as a cultural identifier because of a local deity who shall smite those who do not.  And speaking of ominous Nuns and smiting dieties, way back in the 70s, Sister Barbara insisted she had learned Latin from Julius himself and she looked old enough to be credible. She followed that up by declaring that Barbara was a form of barbarian so we might want to ponder that relationship when contemplating whether to misbehave in her class.  (and speaking of misbehaving, my defective body is misbehaving today so, yeah, at least part of my brain is gonna really wander.) (while the other part really wonders about the wandering section) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 (edited) I’m with John regarding the slinging of that aircraft. Edited August 8, 2022 by Slartibartfast Quote Link to post Share on other sites
southwestforests Posted August 9, 2022 Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 On 8/1/2022 at 9:21 AM, Dutch said: I am my own worst enemy! Today's entry from the, "If you want something done right ya gotta do it yourself" files. 😉 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tailspin Turtle Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 With respect to the hoisting arrangement, carrier-based Navy airplanes and seaplanes were designed with a hoist point or points near the empty center of gravity so they could readily be loaded and offloaded by crane (or pulled out of the water). Possibly this wasn't an Army requirement, hence the lash-up necessary to lift the P-40 by its wheels and a strap around the aft fuselage... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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