Jug unearthed at Wilmington airport!

[tman109]

http://www.wect.com/Global/story.asp?S=1593397

[Dudley Henriques]

"tman109" > wrote in message
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> http://www.wect.com/Global/story.asp?S=1593397

A real eye opener seeing this header. Actually gave me a cold chill for an
instant, Then I read the post.
Turns out it's the wrong Wilmington Airport and the wrong P47 !!
I had a friend killed flying a P47N at Wilmington Airport (New Castle AFB)
in Wilmington Delaware back in the early fifties. He crashed behind a house
on Basin Road next to the airport out of a high speed stall after a too
tight pitchout on initial to runway 9.
Just for the record, his name was Bill Livergood; 142nd FS, Delaware ANG.
Strange world indeed!!! For a moment there I thought they had dug up parts
of his airplane.
Dudley Henriques
International Fighter Pilots Fellowship
Commercial Pilot/ CFI Retired
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[Marc Reeve]

tman109 > wrote:

> http://www.wect.com/Global/story.asp?S=1593397

Ah, love the newsies and their mangling of the facts.

"This aircraft was used as an escort bomber, and was very popular in
Wilmington during WWII."

Escort bomber? I suppose they probably meant bomber escort, but
sheesh...

And certainly it was very popular, as Bluenthal Field was a P-47
training base.

-Marc
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