1951 - Skyraider Gun Camera Film From The Korean War
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- čas přidán 9. 04. 2013
- The plane is an AD Skyraider and it is being flown by Edward F Woelm. Edward Woelm was a member of attack squadron VA-923 which was stationed aboard the USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) during the Korean Conflict. VA-923 was deployed to the West Pacific theater on May 10, 1951 and returned on December 17, 1951.
Record of the deployment along with the other squadrons deployed and aircraft utilized can be found at the link below
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Combat action reports for CVG-102 can be found at the link below.
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This film was found in my Grandfather's house after his widowed wife passed. His name was Edward F. Woelm and he was a Skyraider pilot in squadron VA-923.
Kent Murphy thank for posting. You must be proud of your grandfather's service. My dad was in Korea at this same time (two tours). Later, in VN (three tours) dad was able to record CAS with his Super 8 as a USMC grunt. Some of these missions were quite close to his position. Men among men.
I knew a guy who flew Navy Skyraiders in Korea and he told me that if you attacked a column of North Korean soldiers marching on a road, instead of scattering and taking cover, they would keep formation, raise their rifles, and fire back at you in volleys.
And get torn apart by 50 cal
A1’s carried 4 20Mils…
The KPA (North Korean army) were insanely aggressive at times, to point of illogical. US Navy sailors on the battleships (Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri and Wisconsin) recalled incidents where the enemy artillerymen on the coastlines would open fire on them in the apparent belief they could heavily damage or sink the massive armored warships (they were of course obliterated within minutes by battleship salvos). Some of the seamen from what I've read believed that the heavy Communist indoctrination had given those seemingly insane fellows a sense of invincibility. Rather disturbing to say the least.
Skyraider ❤️
I have no idea what he is shooting at?
Wow...i'd love to see the rest of his film, i bet he shot some nice flight ops.
Read the attached files. One gets a good mental image of flight ops of aboard ship and strike missions.
Check out this video. A little fuzzy and blurry at the beginning but later it has some good footage aboard the carrier.
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Would have been a fun job flying those old birds, well, if the enemy didn't have any ammo.