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Title: Recognise this P-47 Unit?
Post by: Col. Flashman on October 26, 2006, 07:05:39 PM

Give y'all a hint.

Luzon, 1945, Pilots & Ground Crews are Foriegn Nationals.
(http://i3.ebayimg.com/05/i/08/46/4e/b9_1.JPG) (http://i15.ebayimg.com/05/i/08/3c/86/71_1_b.JPG) (http://i11.ebayimg.com/05/i/08/3d/8c/05_1.JPG) (http://i11.ebayimg.com/05/i/08/3d/8c/0a_1.JPG) (http://i1.ebayimg.com/03/i/08/40/49/5d_1.JPG)

Title: Recognise this P-47 Unit?
Post by: Treize69 on October 26, 2006, 07:20:29 PM

201st Escuadron Aero de Pelea, 58th FG (http://www.geocities.com/dutcheastindies/201squadron.html)?

(http://ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2002/12/images/velasco_p47_01.jpg)

Title: Recognise this P-47 Unit?
Post by: Stoney74 on October 27, 2006, 01:10:50 AM

Upper left photo is a 348th FG bird though.  The upper right is the Mexican outfit...

Title: Recognise this P-47 Unit?
Post by: Col. Flashman on October 27, 2006, 04:13:22 AM

They all came from the Same pack of Negs from the Photog that Snaped the 201st @ thier base in Luzon.
So I don't know what to tell you.

Title: Recognise this P-47 Unit?
Post by: Treize69 on October 27, 2006, 09:55:16 AM

Yeah, 348th was gonna be my answer til I looked more closely at the other photos.

Both fought in the Luzon/Leyte area, so photographer probably had ample opportunity to snap both.

Title: Recognise this P-47 Unit?
Post by: Stoney74 on October 27, 2006, 12:37:06 PM

Most likely a 35th FG aircraft in the upper left, now that I look closer.  Most of the 348th carrying the same black vertical stripes and U.S. flag rudder colors also carried a vertical black stripe on the vertical stab.  I don't know if the rest of the 58th FG carried the same black stripes and U.S. flag rudder colors.  I guess it could be one of those, but the Mexican guys had the tri-color Mexican pattern on the rudder, and I don't think they flew razorback jugs in theater.