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Title: P-47 Ace
Post by: JimBear on August 05, 2000, 05:20:00 PM

an interesting interview, note his comments on the P-51s wings

Robert S. Johnson (http://www.thehistorynet.com/MilitaryHistory/articles/0896_text.htm)

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Title: P-47 Ace
Post by: bloom25 on August 05, 2000, 07:17:00 PM

Great read.  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif) That part about the p51 seems to ring a bell in my mind about p51s having strange wing failures during power dives.



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Title: P-47 Ace
Post by: MiG Eater on August 10, 2000, 01:58:00 PM

I read Zemke's book and seem to recall that in a dive (while under attack) he flew into a cloud/storm with lots of turbulence.  It sounded like a terminal dive, the result of  encountering compression, that would have put him into the ground if the airplane hadn't broken up.  

Will have to look this one up again.

MiG