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Are There Any P-47 Experts Out There Too?
I have an unidentified photo of an airbase ramp with about 100 plus
P-47s on the ramp. The P-47s are olive drab with no large white numbers on the nose. Any idea where this could be? Where were the P-47 transition units or replacement traning units during the war? The base is flat as a pancake and I will be happy to email the photo to anyone who thinks he can help. Thanks |
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Did the Navy ever have P-47's in its inventory?
"Schlomo Lipchitz" wrote in message ... I have an unidentified photo of an airbase ramp with about 100 plus P-47s on the ramp. The P-47s are olive drab with no large white numbers on the nose. Any idea where this could be? Where were the P-47 transition units or replacement traning units during the war? The base is flat as a pancake and I will be happy to email the photo to anyone who thinks he can help. Thanks |
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We had a p-47 training base here in Victoria Texas. Aloe field, on the
Texas Gulf coast. This field was about 10 miles from a very large AT-6 training base which was called Foster Field. Aloe field has pretty much disappeared into an industrial park, Foster Field because Victoria Regional Airport. It's pretty flat here in Victoria being on the coastal plane. If you send me some pics I can check on it with our local museum. We also have the original FF officers club that has a lot of pics of FF and maybe Aloe. Something might be recognizable. BOB'S YOUR UNCLE wrote: Did the Navy ever have P-47's in its inventory? "Schlomo Lipchitz" wrote in message ... I have an unidentified photo of an airbase ramp with about 100 plus P-47s on the ramp. The P-47s are olive drab with no large white numbers on the nose. Any idea where this could be? Where were the P-47 transition units or replacement traning units during the war? The base is flat as a pancake and I will be happy to email the photo to anyone who thinks he can help. Thanks |
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Did the Navy ever have P-47's in its inventory?
Nope. But they did transport them via carrier to their bases on the Pacific, and even sent them away via catapult shots! _____________ José Herculano |
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José
and even sent them away via catapult shots! I could be wrong but I suspect they were actually deck-launched. I know of no fittings (bridle hooks, etc.) on such aircraft that would allow catapult launches. -- Mike Kanze "Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong." - Ronald Reagan "José Herculano" wrote in message ... Did the Navy ever have P-47's in its inventory? Nope. But they did transport them via carrier to their bases on the Pacific, and even sent them away via catapult shots! _____________ José Herculano |
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"BOB'S YOUR UNCLE" wrote:
Did the Navy ever have P-47's in its inventory? NetKop Wannabe "BOB'S YOUR UNCLE" placed in the "Badge/Gun Taken Away and NetKop Put on Permanent Suspension" section of the twit filter. -- OJ III [Email to Yahoo address may be burned before reading. Lower and crunch the sig and you'll net me at comcast.] |
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Mike,
Truth sometimes is stranger than fiction... http://www.almansur.com/p47catshot1.jpg http://www.almansur.com/p47catshot2.jpg _____________ José Herculano and even sent them away via catapult shots! I could be wrong but I suspect they were actually deck-launched. I know of no fittings (bridle hooks, etc.) on such aircraft that would allow catapult launches. -- Mike Kanze |
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José,
How is the bridle attached to the Jug? (The second photo is too grainy for me to determine.) -- Mike Kanze "Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong." - Ronald Reagan "José Herculano" wrote in message ... Mike, Truth sometimes is stranger than fiction... http://www.almansur.com/p47catshot1.jpg http://www.almansur.com/p47catshot2.jpg _____________ José Herculano and even sent them away via catapult shots! I could be wrong but I suspect they were actually deck-launched. I know of no fittings (bridle hooks, etc.) on such aircraft that would allow catapult launches. -- Mike Kanze |
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Schlomo Lipchitz wrote in message ...
I have an unidentified photo of an airbase ramp with about 100 plus P-47s on the ramp. The P-47s are olive drab with no large white numbers on the nose. Any idea where this could be? Where were the P-47 transition units or replacement traning units during the war? The base is flat as a pancake and I will be happy to email the photo to anyone who thinks he can help. Olive drab paint means the photograph was probably made in 1942 or 1943, what do the USAAF national markings look like? There were only 138 P-47s made in 1941, and it took until January 1943 before there were 100 P-47s in England, July 1943 for the South Pacific, November 1943 for Italy, February 1944 for the Central Pacific and March 1944 for India. No numbers on the aircraft would indicate just manufactured or at least at some USAAF depot. Once the aircraft were with a unit they were given unit markings. There were formal P-47 training units in the US and England at least, most theatres would have some unit to enable new fighter pilots to be checked out before going to a unit and to also learn the local tactics and conditions. Flat as a pancake implies it is in the US. So short of being able to read the serial numbers on the individual aircraft or identify a landmark the most probable locations are the Republic factories at Farmingdale New York or Evansville Indiana, or one of the USAAF depots the aircraft were flown to from the factories. Geoffrey Sinclair Remove the nb for email. |
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In message , Mike Kanze
writes José, How is the bridle attached to the Jug? (The second photo is too grainy for me to determine.) Roger A Freeman's "Thunderbolt, A documentary history of the Republic P-47",Macdonald and Jane's, London, 978, ISBN 0345111669, has a photo on page 83 of a P-47 on a catapult. The caption says it is Right Dee-Icer, a P-47D-11-RE of the 78th FG, and is aboard the USS Manilla Bay. The tail number starts with 27, and the next three digits could be 531. They are obscured by the starboard wing. It carries a centreline tank with shark's teeth markings on it. White nose, wing and tail band. "29" in white (probably) on the port wheel disc The cables can clearly be seen to be attached to the main gear legs just above the torque links. There seems to be some kind of hold-down behind the tailwheel. HTH -- Peter Ying tong iddle-i po! |
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