| Re: F-8E Crusader release!
Hmmmn. It COULD be the variant in your first pic---I was unaware the CAG did the "5 kill markings on the ventral fin" thing too, I thought only the actual MiG-killers got to do that, not the entire squadron. Though it kinda makes sense, some squadrons do show "total kills" on all their planes. But still---why do a plane that merely shows the kills, when you can have an identical one that actually GOT the kills it's displaying?
PS--I don't think either of those drawings are quite right. VF-211 couldn't have displayed six kill markings in 1966, they only had 3 at that point. And 149150/NP101 doesn't match up. NP101 is a MiG-killer of that time, but NP101 at that time wasn't 149150.
(All info based on "F-8 Crusader units of the Vietnam war" which is THE best book by far on F-8s and their kills) |