Korean War photos

[Buckeye30]

May I ask your opinion of the "Checkerboard" markings? Looking at colour photos I'm 95% sure they are white on SBG but the (official) "History of Marine Fighter Attack Sqn.312" from HQ. USMC Washington says black-white on F4Us from 1943. They certainly had them later on FJ/F-8 etc. and also included them in their insignia.
It would have been very time-consuming to fully apply them on cowlings and rudders.
Thanks
Nick

[twocee]

I haven't been able to find much about this marking. It was supposed to consist of black and white checks and the more plentiful Korea-era colour photos seem to confirm this. As for WWII, my guess is that the original F4U-1Ds taken to Okinawa would have had the black/white scheme but whether replacement aircraft also had black squares applied remains uncertain.

[Buckeye30]

Thanks George. Not sure about Okinawa but it would have been much simpler and quicker to use stencils and just spray the white on SBG. I think I've convinced myself that in Korea the checks were white-blue.......



https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Corsair/...g-1952-01.html
They were originally designed by 1/Lt. J.J.E. Holden in WW2 as "white on Navy Blue" and the insignia by M/Sgt. J.R. Wroble, authorised by HQUSMC Washington.
Bill Tuxbury was a VMF-312 pilot in Korea, his son has his white-blue check scarf.
The Corsair in the National Naval Aviation Museum at Pensacola has plane white checks as WR-18 (not sure if still there).
No big deal though. Glossy Sea Blue is so dark it's sometimes hard to tell from black.

Regards
Nick

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