VNF-512 and VTMB-143

[dujardin]

i already present this link, today i waste a little time again on it and discover other photos

http://images.google.be/imgres?imgurl=h ... e%3Dactive

here we gooooooooooo

VMF-512

first patch of VTMB-143

second patch with Flash Gordon

499th bomb squad

333rd (don't remember bomb or fighter...)

and this one is a color photo of a B25 of the 345th BG air apaches

byeeeeeeeeeeee marcel

 

[Atticus]

VMF-512

Interesting thread. VMF-512 was formed in 1944 at Oak Grove MCAS just outside of Pollocksville, North Carolina. In fact, if you look at the woods line, in the distance beyond this Corsair's left wing, you will see where my house stands today---sixty five years later.

AF

 

[airfrogusmc]

VMF-512

Interesting thread. VMF-512 was formed in 1944 at Oak Grove MCAS just outside of Pollocksville, North Carolina. In fact, if you look at the woods line, in the distance beyond this Corsair's left wing, you will see where my house stands today---sixty five years later.

AF

If I remember right there was still an old airstrip there in the 1970s and we used to do touch and goes there.

 

[Django]

VMF-214? Is that pre-Black Sheep?

Love the photos.

 

[Atticus]

If I remember right there was still an old airstrip there in the 1970s and we used to do touch and goes there.

You remember correctly, my friend. In fact, the old Oak Grove field has now been expanded and is currently being used by Osprey and other USMC rotary aircraft.

This is what it looked like in the mid-seventies when you were here. In those days it hadn't changed since WWII. The old tarmac, where the above Corsair photo was taken, is clearly visible at the lower right.

AF

 

[dujardin]

many thanks Atticus and Airfrogusmc for your detailed information.
great to see an airfield with comparatives photos of WW2 and present days.
byeeeee marcel

 

[EMBLEMHUNTER]

Triangle shaped patch with snake is the 333rd Fighter Squadron P-47 unit.