US Navy Bat missile - any combat WWII picture?

[JWM]

Hi

I am thinking that Privateer with Bat(s?) missile(s) would be a very attractive model to construct. I know that some use of this radar guided missile was done during WWII in Pacific since April 1944 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASM-N-2_Bat ) . Any info on this will be apprecieted - I hope not only by me , Especially photos from combat use - to identify the exact Priveeter carrying it...

Best regards

Jerzy-Wojtek

 

Edited January 21, 2017 by JWM
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[Francis Macnaughton]

The Retromecanix website has some good stuff on the actual weapon fit http://retromechanix.com/usaaf-evaluation-of-navy-swod-mk-9-bat-glide-bomb-1945/

 

I don't know of any aircraft shots of combat missions but it might be possible to identify a particular aircraft that flew a Bat mission from Alan C Carey's "The reluctant raiders", which is the history of VP109, one of the few Bat fitted Privateer squadrons.

[72modeler]

You might try this site- although it only has photos taken at NAS China Lake, there might be some bat/PB4Y-2 photos. Click on each year to see the photos taken at that time. Best I can do- sorry!  (However, the site has some very interesting photos of some unusual armament fits tested!)

 

Mike

 

http://www.chinalakealumni.org/index.htm

[Francis Macnaughton]

I would suggest Googling the 3 Bat fitted squadrons (VP or VPB 109, 123 and 124) and see what is offered but there seems to a bit of uncertainty about which aircraft actually carried Bats on a mission.  This seems as good as any but without weapons fitted  https://laststandonzombieisland.com/2016/04/28/bring-in-the-bat/aircraft-is-pb4y-2-59522-vpb-109-miss-lotta-tail/

[JWM]

Many thanks for all inputs. I appreciate very much link given by Francis above. The photo next to that from link is I think what I was searching for:

https://laststandonzombieisland.com/2016/04/28/bring-in-the-bat/pb4y-2-privateer-in-flight-with-a-mark-9-bat-under-each-wing-later-asm-n-2-nh-92485-heavily-weathered-color-scheme/

Another photo from the same page:

https://laststandonzombieisland.com/2016/04/28/bring-in-the-bat/vpb-109-privateer/

shows some reinforcement (?) on the top of wing on Privateer of VPB-109, which apparently is part of modification to carry Bat missiles.

Best regards

Jerzy-Wojtek