PRB
December 26th, 2013, 11:28
Reading this book, Intrepid Aviators, by Greg Fletcher. His father, Will Fletcher, was a TBM pilot attached to VT-18, on USS Intrepid (CV-11) and participated in the attack on the Japanese “center force” in the Sibuyan Sea on October 24, 1944, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
On that day, he flew this plane, number 7. It was a really difficult paint to make, since I had to make a plus sign, and a number 7. :icon_lol: The basic three-color paint scheme was already part of the Vertigo Studios TBM paint kit. Fletcher went into some detail describing aircraft's paint, as being that familiar tri-color pattern, with “no nose art or any other decoration”. So there you have it! The plus sign identified the planes of CAG-18 on the Intrepid.
And thanks to Lazarus for converting these beautiful CFS models of Yamato and Kongo for FSX use!
http://prbdatasystems.com/data/VT-18_7_a.jpg
http://prbdatasystems.com/data/cover.jpg
On that day, he flew this plane, number 7. It was a really difficult paint to make, since I had to make a plus sign, and a number 7. :icon_lol: The basic three-color paint scheme was already part of the Vertigo Studios TBM paint kit. Fletcher went into some detail describing aircraft's paint, as being that familiar tri-color pattern, with “no nose art or any other decoration”. So there you have it! The plus sign identified the planes of CAG-18 on the Intrepid.
And thanks to Lazarus for converting these beautiful CFS models of Yamato and Kongo for FSX use!
http://prbdatasystems.com/data/VT-18_7_a.jpg
http://prbdatasystems.com/data/cover.jpg