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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: Gaboon on December 22, 2010, 07:03:43 PM
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name me the oldest known plane still in existence that flew a combat mission on the first day's entrance of the united States to WWII. Name type of plane and its nickname
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uhhhmmm hmm that fairy plane, i forget what its called.
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P38 Lightning? Or maybe a P40? :headscratch:
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No it wasn't the P-38 or a fairy plane
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piper cub?
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I believe B-17 "Flying Fortresses" were engaged while attempting to land on Oahu during the attack. At least one was shot down.
Going off horrible memory. Lived near Pearl as a kid.
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B-17s from San Francisco were otw to Pearl Harbor when the attacks happened. But the US wasn't at war yet. But I have no clue, either.... This one is tricky. :headscratch:
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I believe B-17 "Flying Fortresses" were engaged while attempting to land on Oahu during the attack. At least one was shot down.
Going off horrible memory. Lived near Pearl as a kid.
The "Swoose" is the oldest B-17 Flying Fortress in existence. It is also the only known U.S. military airplane to have flown a combat mission on the first day of the US entry into World War II and to remain in continuous military flying service throughout
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ok dolby I'll give ya that one. It was a B-17D that flew missions on December 7, 1941 during the war it had its tail section replaced so it could have a tail gunner. Seeing this the pilot gave it the nick name of Swoose from the names Goose and Swan. After a fashion the Goose became a Swan and just beautiful after the tail change.
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T4 Texan ;)
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ok dolby I'll give ya that one. It was a B-17D that flew missions on December 7, 1941 during the war it had its tail section replaced so it could have a tail gunner. Seeing this the pilot gave it the nick name of Swoose from the names Goose and Swan. After a fashion the Goose became a Swan and just beautiful after the tail change.
Swoose did get a new tail, but not to give it a gunner. It was used as a staff transport by General Brett. It did fly some early combat prior to that. Undergoing restoration at the USAF Museum. They recently added the 'bathtub' underneath the fuselage where a gunner sat.
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Ok here the story of Ol Betsy http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123106554
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didnt p-26 peashooters also engage japanese zeros? i forget the story completly but i read somewheres that a squadren of p26s based in new guinie engaged japanese forces and actually shot down 37 aircraft.
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I'll go with Peashooter as well
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think the 26s didn't get into fight until next day, and pretty sure none of them survived. There are only a couple airframes left, and the one at Dayton I think was in Panama during the war.
I'd go with a P-36 based in Hawaii. I know the AF museum has one done up as a Pearl defender, but not sure if that airframe was from there.
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think the 26s didn't get into fight until next day, and pretty sure none of them survived. There are only a couple airframes left, and the one at Dayton I think was in Panama during the war.
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I think at least 1 p36 got up during the raid
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I think at least 1 p36 got up during the raid
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C-47
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It was probably some recon plane, like a pby or the like.