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Title: What is this chimichanga on my baby here?
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on January 03, 2017, 01:35:39 PM
What is he equipped with under the belly and wings? Is he set up to tow targets?

(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/olythekid/TONY_zps1ibqc8re.jpg) (http://s199.photobucket.com/user/olythekid/media/TONY_zps1ibqc8re.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What is this chimichanga on my baby here?
Post by: Ack-Ack on January 03, 2017, 02:12:57 PM
That's plane is P-47D 42-75855 5F-A "Tony", the CO's plane from the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron in the ETO.

What you see mounted on the belly, behind the drop tank, is a flare pack and mounted on the wings are dinghy packs.  The 5th ERS planes would take off during bombing missions and loiter over the water (in the Channel or North Sea) and wait in case a call came in of a downed crew in the water.  The P-47s would then mark the target with flares, drop the dinghy and loiter until either relieved by another P-47 or rescue boats picked up the downed crew.
Title: Re: What is this chimichanga on my baby here?
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on January 03, 2017, 05:53:48 PM
Oh yeah, the ones with the striped cowling blue/white/red ...... duh!

Thank you Akak. 👍
Title: Re: What is this chimichanga on my baby here?
Post by: DubiousKB on January 04, 2017, 09:14:14 AM
Dingy Dive-bomber?  cool.
Title: Re: What is this chimichanga on my baby here?
Post by: EskimoJoe on January 06, 2017, 07:10:38 PM
That's pretty awesome, I didn't know that
Title: Re: What is this chimichanga on my baby here?
Post by: Owlblink on January 14, 2017, 09:09:01 PM
Quote from: EskimoJoe on January 06, 2017, 07:10:38 PM
That's pretty awesome, I didn't know that

Neither did I, very interesting. Thank you!

 :cheers: