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Originally posted by scott442 View PostI had a 5th grade (1981) math teacher who flew a P-47D during D-Day. While strafing a rail yard he assumed he hit a munitions car. The resulting explosion bowed the wings up, punched shrapnel holes in the floor of the cockpit and damaged the engine covering the canopy with oil. He bailed out over the English Channel after the engine died and was picked up by a British destroyer. He said if he had been in a P-51 he would have not been alive to tell the story.
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Originally posted by 32vfromhell View PostSpitfire pilots used to joke that p47s were so big that their american allies could just dodge bullets by diving back and forth in the cockpit.
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Originally posted by scott442 View PostI had a 5th grade (1981) math teacher who flew a P-47D during D-Day. While strafing a rail yard he assumed he hit a munitions car. The resulting explosion bowed the wings up, punched shrapnel holes in the floor of the cockpit and damaged the engine covering the canopy with oil. He bailed out over the English Channel after the engine died and was picked up by a British destroyer. He said if he had been in a P-51 he would have not been alive to tell the story.
"A P-47 flown by Lt. Richard Sulzbach of the 364th Fighter Squadron, 350th Fighter Group, 12th Air Force on April 1,1945. Lt. Sulzbach had a little run-in with some trees while on a strafing run over Italy. He was able to fly the plane 120 miles back to base and land safely. It's a real testament to how tough the P-47 was."
"A P-47 of the 64th Fighter Squadron, while on a mission to Milan, struck the ground during a low level strafing run. Despite the bent props and crushed chin, the pilot nursed the Jug 150 miles home to Grosseto. Photo via Hebb Russell"When the government pays, the government controls.
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Originally posted by 46Tbird View PostMustangs previously owned:
1967 Coupe V8 (My first car)
1992 LX AOD
1993 LX Drag Car
1995 GTS
1997 Cobra
2000 Cobra R
2002 Corvette C5 A4 10.64@ 127.1
Undercover SC Dragster 8.10's
In the garage now....
2016 Honda Accord Touring
2015 F-150 Silver 5.0 XLT SuperCrew, like new condition
Retired 2008 after 41 years as an EE at LTV (Garland)/TI/Raytheon. Enjoying ham radio now.
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