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Some thoughts about the SB2c=C

As a matter of personal interest (re the FAA paint) I dug through decades of Air Internationals to re-read 'Winkle' Brown's article on the Helldiver.
I won't comment further except to say he was certainly an equal opportunity critic, very scathing of the Fairy Barracuda, Blackburn Firebrand and the Fairy Spearfish!:biggrin-new:
 
Bomber_12th said:
All these photos of tails coming off aircraft from carrier landings has nothing to do with the original Samuel Hynes story that was originally posted about - the setting of that story was land-based, and supposedly the tail came off after the guy in the cockpit was running the engine at full-bore for an extended amount of time.
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Perhaps that aircraft was not chocked and tied to the ground, but had its tail section tethered to a tree and the full power runs placed excessive stress on the tail section.
 
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