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Tigercat - and another!

this is the one I was waiting for, how did you know it Nigel??!! :jump::jump::wiggle:

I like these green/white stripes. If I remember well, it was for training but I'm not 100% sure. Some Corsairs had the same type of colourfull skin.
 
Hello-
One book I have has a picture of a Tigercat in this livery- it says that this scheme baffles some people- it seems the green stripes represent instrument training, but the white trim around the green is non-standard in some way... beats me, it looks great anyway! -Mike Z.
 
Aye, lad, I remember them. When Ah were a nipper, we'd get us pocket money and get ussen dahn t'newsagents, Ashdon 'e were called, in t'village an' we'd buy us a nice Airfix kit for t'weekend. An' when Matchbox came owt, eeh, it were grand it were!

(To the tune of any Hovis advert brass band music you can remember)
 
mikezola said:
Hello-
One book I have has a picture of a Tigercat in this livery- it says that this scheme baffles some people- it seems the green stripes represent instrument training, but the white trim around the green is non-standard in some way... beats me, it looks great anyway! -Mike Z.
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Yes, the Navy used the green bands to denote instrument training. It was important to make them identifiable since the pilot may be hooded and other aircraft need to give them a wide berth. I'll bet they added the white borders to draw attention to the green bands against the dark blue overall.
 
The -3p was a photo recon fighter unit produced in the Spring and Summer of 1945. The Lockheed Modification Center fitted cameras to 61 F7F-3s. Camera ports were provided on both sides and the bottom of the aft fuselage. Sighting was made by the pilot through use of a peroscopic sight nad most F7F-3Ps were fitted with ADF equipment with the antenna fairing located above the center of the fuselage.

The instument trainer units wings, fuselage,and engine stripes were white and green and the aircraft codes like "N1" were yellow. There were quite a few returned from China in 1945 and stationed at MCAS El Toro, CA from 1945 to around 1949.
 
Cheers, Milton! Useful info. Now I need to find out about the camera installation, so as to paint them in...
 
The cameras replaced the third fuel tank in the fuselage behind the pilot.

The 3P version was equipped with 4 cameras placed at the back of the fuselage (two on the left side, one on the right and other on the lower area) in rooms that had sliding covers and it was difficult to see them when the airplane’s on the ground since those covers are usually closed.

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Camera bay covers visible in the area of the insignia markings behind the wing.
 
So much things to learn here...

Congratulation Nigel for your paintshemes, there's allways something to learn in the SOH threads
I never heard about this bird before, may be it's because she only served in the PTO ? :salute:

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