On the A-6 Wild Weasel be aware that there are 3 versions:
A-6B Mod 0. 10 a/c modified and could carry Standard ARM (AGM-78 Mod 0). Served in vietnam spread across multiple squadrons .
A-6B Mod 0/1 A6B Mod 0 modified to carry AGM-68 Mod 1 and became A-6B Mod 0/1
A-6B Mod 1. This has the the sensors on the nose as per Obscureco nose. 3 a/c produced. Only assigned to VA-34 and VA-35. Did not serve in vietnam
good reference is Warbird Tech vol 33 by Dennis R Jenkins
George
TIALD was only available at Tabuk (for the composite sqn formed from 16 and 20 sqns) and as noted above only 5 a/c were modified to carry the pod, At the beginning the TIALD a/c only carried the pod (plus tanks etc) but later on they would carry 2 LGBs as well. Another option was to carry the TIALD and another fuel tank.. ZA739/AC "Armoured Charmer" flew the most missions at 36.
George
Canberra B6s fitted with Blue Shadow were B.6(BS). I assume the extra pylon on the B.15 was the same as the TT.18 used to carry Rushton Winches etc. The Airfix B(I)8 1/72 kit includes (wrongly!) these pylons as well as AS.30s. I can't find any details on location of the pylons.
George
The AC-47 used the 7.62 minigun (SUU-11A then MXU-470) rather the 20mm. I understand that the original design waa a gun in door and a flare launcher further forward. Flares launched by the launcher had a propensity to hit the horizontal stabilizer . Solution - move the door gun forward and throw the flares out of the door.
George
According to MiG Master by Barratt Tillman you are correct It was an F-8C from Bonne Homme Richard. Note that John Nichols (VF-191) claimed a MiG-17 using AIM-9 and guns - he fired a AIM-9D which hit but the MiG carried on flying so it was finished off with guns . This was 9 July 1968.
George
I have both the Aurora and Revell HH-3s and they are not the same kit. The Revell has lots of rivets ad the parts breakdown is different. Not sure which is the most accurate though
George
I recall a magazine article (Scale Models?) a long time ago where the writer had obtained a toy version from a Florida Theme park. Said toy was pretty accurate (for a fictional aircraft) and the writer used it as the basis for a nice model.
Probably too many years have passed for this to be of any use but......
George
addendum: it was Sep 2003 of Fine Scale Modeller and it was a disney toy
I have the Squadron Prints image of the Lightning (XS903 BA) in those markings (No 273) and it is indeed Wg Cdr J C Jarron as the pilots. Not a photo but almost as good
George