Thank you Renegade. I did some research this morning and I swear My memory must have implanted the F14 image over the Phantom that was probably the plane in service.
I was on an Oiler and watched those things launched for hours, and I still can’t get the correct picture in my head.
In my mind I think the Prop planes were gull wing shaped, but I can’t find any picture of them anywhere, maybe I have WW II movies mixed into my recall.
I know they Prop planes were used to carry heavy loads of bombs and fly low and slow.
Check out the A -1 Skyraider. It was a prop plane that carried a $hitload of munitions . I think they still use them today.