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Offline Frodo

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Evalina – the Japanese Mustang
« on: June 29, 2019, 03:45:51 PM »
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Re: Evalina – the Japanese Mustang
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2019, 04:31:26 PM »
So what happened to strawbridge?
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Re: Evalina – the Japanese Mustang
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2019, 06:32:47 PM »
I was wondering the same thing.
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Re: Evalina – the Japanese Mustang
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2019, 06:36:56 PM »
I was astonished with its performance. Turn characteristics were splendid, almost the same as the Ki-84 in a horizontal turn.


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Re: Evalina – the Japanese Mustang
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2019, 06:41:18 PM »
Quote from: pembquist on June 29, 2019, 04:31:26 PM
So what happened to strawbridge?

He survived the war and died an old man having never married his Mustang’s namesake.   :salute
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Re: Evalina – the Japanese Mustang
« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2019, 09:37:36 PM »
Looks like Oliver E. Strawbridge made it home ok.  He died in 1987 at age 66 in Illinois.
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Re: Evalina – the Japanese Mustang
« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2019, 09:41:44 PM »
Oh, the story has a twist! While it was Strawbridge's plane, another pilot was flying it.  I just read a post by Strawbridge's granddaughter. Lt. Sam McMillan was flying Evalina the day it was captured.  He made it home also.

See this link for info by his granddaughter.
https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php?topic=42138.0
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Re: Evalina – the Japanese Mustang
« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2019, 10:11:40 PM »
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Re: Evalina – the Japanese Mustang
« Reply #8 on: June 30, 2019, 04:27:01 AM »
Quote from: Vraciu on June 29, 2019, 06:41:18 PM
He survived the war and died an old man having never married his Mustang’s namesake.   :salute

“On January 16th, 1945, 2nd Lt. Sam McMillan was flying P-51, ‘Evalina’ (the Mustang was actually the mount of 1st Lt. Oliver Strawbridge, ‘Evalina’ being his girlfriend) when he was hit by AA Flak and landed at the Japanese-held Suchin airfield in China. McMillan became a POW and his Mustang was rapidly seized by Japanese troops.

“Both Strawbridge and McMillan survived the war and lived to old age. Although Strawbridge never did marry Evalina…”




https://imodeler.com/2019/01/on-this-day-january-16th/

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Re: Evalina – the Japanese Mustang
« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2019, 11:54:09 AM »
i wonder how the performance was on the jap fuel.
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Re: Evalina – the Japanese Mustang
« Reply #10 on: August 25, 2019, 12:58:08 PM »
Quote from: 800nate800 on August 25, 2019, 11:54:09 AM
i wonder how the performance was on the jap fuel.

Complete garbage I'd wager.  They never had "good" fuel to begin with though.
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Re: Evalina – the Japanese Mustang
« Reply #11 on: August 31, 2019, 05:27:00 PM »
Quote from: Volron on August 25, 2019, 12:58:08 PM
Complete garbage I'd wager.  They never had "good" fuel to begin with though.
id say it ran probably terrible lol
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Re: Evalina – the Japanese Mustang
« Reply #12 on: September 01, 2019, 11:21:38 AM »
Remember that the planes of WW2 had compression ratios of around 6:1.

Proper ignition timing and a rich mixture can stave off detonation at some pretty high boost pressures.
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