Comments by "Karl von Gazenberg" (@karlvongazenberg8398) on "The Drydock - Episode 051" video.

  1. 48:30 FJ-1 Fury wingtip fuel tanks: Somewhere I read that it was a standard procedure, to shoot holes into those tanks, in case of faulty, assimetric pumping (making the aircraft untrimmed, which is bad enough, but landing one on a carrier is only advised for kamikaze pilots). Unfortunately, I only found this source about "emergency wingtip fuel jettisoning": http://talesanecdotesandtrivia.blogspot.com/2016/01/shoot-at-your-fuel-tank-before-landing.html BtW, those are lights on the nose of the tanks, since laser/optical guided bombs were not really in widespread use in the period - at least in this reality.
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