kaneohemcas

Boeing Company 737-800(WL), registration N375BC (c/n 33079/1075) on hardstand at MCAS Kaneohe as part of a demonstration and promotion campaign for Boeing's proposal for the US Navy's Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) program. A derivative of the 737, the Boeing P-8 Poseidon would ultimately selected for role. As for this particular aircraft, built as a Boeing Business Jet (737-8EV BBJ2), it would be taken up as a VIP aircraft by the Government of Belarus (EW-001PA) in December 2003.

Ensign William S. Snead (USN) of VB-106 would perish during a mission on Christmas Day 1943 (25-Dec-43) when his aircraft, PB4Y-1 (BuNo 32092) ditched after takeoff at Koli Point, Guadalcanal. See: www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/8662858563/ www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/8663961716/ www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/USN/PB4Y.htm www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=snead&...;

A neat picture of Jimmy Thach, a close friend of our family. He was in VP-5F with my father in the late '30s in Panama. W.K. Berner Jr.

Here is film of Thach and Butch O'Hare at Kaneohe, which was likely captured contemporaneously with this photo on April 10, 1942 (note the identical kill markings and smudge marks underneath the canopy sill above and on the Wildcat that Thatch boards in the film). YouTube - Critical Past: US Navy Lt.Edward O'Hare and LCDR John Thach, of VF-3, prepare for flight at Kaneohe www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5sx4wks6vU also: www.criticalpast.com/video/65675061850_United-States-Navy... Further, here is additional film of Thach (in the F4F Wildcat marked "F1", F4F-3, BuNo 3976) and O'Hare (in the aircraft marked "F13", F4F-3, BuNo 3986) flying over Oahu, including Kaneohe (likely filmed as part of the same effort as the photo and footage above): YouTube - CriticalPast: US Navy Lt. Edward Henry "Butch" O'Hare and LCDR John S. Thach, in flight over Hawaii www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKD7i6PgKa8