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Title: German P-47
Post by: Turbot on May 29, 2002, 01:04:13 PM

Flown by 2nd Lt. William E. Roach of 358th Squadron/355th Fighter Group/8th Air Force. Roach was on his third mission on November 7, 1943 while escorting B-17's of the 8th Airforce's 1st and 3rd Air Divisions. Becoming disoriented in poor weather, with fuel running low and after watching the squadron leader crash land, Roach began looking for an suitable airfield for an emergency landing. Lt. Roach spotted a field and landed, followed a vehicle to a parking place and shut down. Only then did Roach realize the people surrounding the plane were Germans! Lt. Roach spent the remainder of the war at Stalag Luft I and had provided the Luftwaffe with it's first intact P-47F-2-RA (42-22490).

(http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/images/lrg1468.jpg)

Lots of stories like this and other info:

http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/foreign.html

Title: German P-47
Post by: K West on May 29, 2002, 02:19:29 PM

(http://www.ku.edu/~libsite/hughes/2001/09/jpg00000.jpg)

Meet me at 20K over A1 !!

Title: German P-47
Post by: Kweassa on May 29, 2002, 07:01:40 PM

At least it looks more beautiful than those USAAF jugs :D hehehe

Title: German P-47
Post by: -ammo- on May 29, 2002, 10:20:30 PM

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Originally posted by Kweassa
At least it looks more beautiful than those USAAF jugs :D hehehe

that is absolutely not true, the P-47 in all forms are far more sexy than those.... heaps of metal the Germans produced.

Title: German P-47
Post by: Fester' on May 29, 2002, 11:43:53 PM

Kurt Tank invented the P-47 ? ? ?

Title: German P-47
Post by: Dead Man Flying on May 29, 2002, 11:44:35 PM

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Originally posted by Fester
Kurt Tank invented the P-47 ? ? ?

Kurt Tank invented inventing.

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