Guestbook Entry (msg id: 825)
I had to look up the P-47 Thunderbolt for a school project. I found it interesting that women of the time had flown this airplane.
Posted By: Nathan Puepke
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on 01/04/2000 2:13:45 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 824)
Great site. Life member. 53rd Sq 36th FG. Flew 51’s and 80’s in Korea. Came back to US and was assigned to 133rd ANG sq. flying P47’s!!!!! Should have had them in Korea.
Posted By: Bill Tubbs
(willreid@aol.com)
on 01/04/2000 12:23:30 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 823)
My grandfather flew P-38J’s and -51D’s with the 384th FS/364th FG in England and my uncle-in-law flew P-47’s and -40’s with the 90th FS/80th FG in the CBI. As a avid student of military and aviation history it is great to see this site and read all the posts by those who flew the ’Jug’. Many thanks to all of you, Jim Heard
Posted By: Jim Heard
(jheard@slipnet.com)
on 01/04/2000 4:29:47 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 822)
Class 42E St. Louis, Randolph, Kelley. Proving ground command we put the first rockets on the P47 they were in pipes hung under the wings and were just as likely to come back at you when you fired them. There are not too many of 42E left. Have not run any of the old proving ground group.
Posted By: EDWARD DEGROFF
(edegroff@aol.com)
on 01/03/2000 3:22:58 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 821)
I have been assisting the Historian of 364th Fighter Gp Assoc (383rd, 384th, 385th Sqdns P-51s) and families of pilots lost over Germany WW-II in acquiring local(German) info from eye-witnesses etc. If there is a similar need within the P-47 Thunderbolt family, contact me. Served w. German 88s nr Minden, Westfalia 1944-45. Due to military background and German schooling, able to translate and correspond in German as needed. Contact via E-Mail. Good luck to you guys. I saw you buzzing around overhead at times as escorts as well as other missions.
Posted By: Walter K. Schroder
(WKSchroder@aol.com)
on 01/02/2000 10:30:17 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 820)
Hello I am looking for people who were based at St-Trond Airfield A92 the 1st of January 1945 and able to testimonies what happened that day on the airfield and who remember something about a Fw-190 A8 WNr-681497 White 11 (Name of the pilot? )presumed land on the airfield and further use by a US fighter group (404FG) for test. By advance thank you and have a nice millennium Phil dufrasne.philippe@skynet.be
Posted By: Philippe Dufrasne
(philippe.dufrasne@skynet.be)
on 12/30/1999 10:29:21 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 819)
Hello I am looking for someone who was based at St-Trond Airfield the 1st of January 1945 and able to testimonies what happened that day on the airfield and who remember something about a Fw-190 presumed land on the airfield and further use by a US fighter group for test. By advance thank you and have a nice millennium Phil
Posted By: Philippe Dufrasne
(philippe.dufrasne@skynet.be)
on 12/29/1999 7:25:04 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 818)
Greetings all and this note is sent hoping all of you are well and looking forward to the new century. Thanks to the P-47 crews for allowing us to survive the last one... I posted here once about a year ago and got some really nice feedback. My dad (Jack) flew with the 336FS, 4FG and carried a business card with him which said... Jack L. Raphael (has been fighter pilot) ’better a has been than a never was’ I just wanted to pass on a little story I read recently... Several years back a British Airways 747 landed at Frankfurt, GE on a busy holiday evening. As the a/c turned to taxi he made his contact with ground control who told him to proceed to gate 12. The 747 was still sitting after 30 seconds and the German ground controller came on quite abruptly and asked the 747 what the problem was. The British pilot replied that he was looking on his chart for gate 12. The German replied with a real attitude now.... ’Haven’t you ever flown into Frankfurt before??’ The British pilot responded (very cool) ’Yes, in 1944, but I didn’t land. God Bless all of you. and to Bob Nelson - you are my favorite! Dave Raphael, CMSgt, USAF sends
Posted By: Dave Raphael
(mraphael@mindspring.com)
on 12/28/1999 6:24:31 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 817)
I was a pilot with the 390th Fighter Squaron 366th Fighter Group. I ended the war as the leading P-47 Ace in the 9th Air Force. I am now doing documentaries and writing books. This leads me into many research areas if I can help you let me know. Watch for our documentary ’Shooting War’ on ABC. Great job on putting this site together.
Posted By: Melvyn R. Paisley
(mvpaisley@erols.com)
on 12/28/1999 5:38:18 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 816)
Received your mailing. The miracle of modern technology will help members in their seach for information. thanks for all your effort. I flew with the 314th Sq , 324th Gr. May of ’44 thro Jan of ’45.
Posted By: Stan Hart
(stanwh@aol.com)
on 12/28/1999 5:25:05 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 815)
Received your mailing. The miracle of modern technolohy will help members in thier seach for information. thaks for all your effort
Posted By: Stan Hart
(stanwh@aol.com)
on 12/28/1999 5:14:47 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 814)
The Jug like no other aircraft made, always brought me back home safely ... although sometimes slightly bent, and with a few holes, or cylinders missing, it never failed to make homeplate. Republic Aircraft and those people who made up the assembly line created the best, which no one can question, they put a little of themselves into each Thunderbolt that came off the line. Bless them each and everyone. As such, I became the world’s second greatest fighter pilot ... we all know who the first was!!! This is Big Ed ... over and out.
Posted By: Col Ed Kenny
(ekenny@luna.moonstar.com)
on 12/28/1999 2:47:16 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 813)
I restored an flew a P-47N for several years and retired as Commander of the 156th TFG, P.R. Air National Guard. I have been a Life Member of the Association for over 25 years and enjoy receiving its various publications.
Posted By: Gabriel I. Peñagarícano
(guigo34@hotmail.com)
on 12/28/1999 9:49:10 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 812)
I flew in the 318th FG 73rd Sq. from Ie Shima. Was also in the 507th GP and the 413th Gp on Okinawa.
Posted By: edward p poole
(epp30390@ameritech.net)
on 12/27/1999 12:10:20 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 811)
I’m looking for a canidate for my scale model of a P-47D Thungerbolt. I live in the northwest and would like to scale one from the area if possible.
Posted By: Eric Lahaug
(EALAHAUG@MICRON.NET)
on 12/26/1999 9:58:02 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 810)
GREAT WEB SITE. I FLEW MY COMBAT MISSIONS IN THE P47 WITH THE 524TH SQDN, 27TH FIGHTER GP.AFTER WAR ENDED IN ETO,WAS TRANSFERED TO 391ST SQDN, 366TH FTR GP UNTIL MAY 1946. P47 WAS BEST AIRCRAFT FOR DIVE BOMBING AND STRAFING.
Posted By: MELVIN H. ORNOFF
(melvin@edifax.com)
on 12/26/1999 12:07:54 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 809)
Merry Christmas!!! God bless all those who served and sacrificed that made it possible for us to celebrate this holiday freely. My heartfelt thanks goes out to all the Jug pilots of the world.
Posted By: Zack Baughman
(zwb76@hotmail.com)
on 12/25/1999 12:22:17 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 808)
great to see the website. keep up the good work.
Posted By: Capt.Thomas W. Miller USAFR RET.
(rsdimick@swbell.net)
on 12/24/1999 9:47:54 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 807)
Was in the 356th Group, 359th Sqdn. stationed at Ipswich, England First mission D-day, flew 75 missions, last few in P-51s, still think the ’jug’was the best bird.
Posted By: Richard (Dick) Tucker
(rtucker@ies.net)
on 12/24/1999 6:16:37 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 806)
Greetings for the year 2000, to all 36 fighter group-53rd fighter sq. 23rd and 22nd fighter sq., from W. E. Peto 53rd fighter sq. 12/24/99
Posted By: Bill Peto
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on 12/24/1999 3:55:04 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 805)
Great web site: salient and informative. Flew 100 missions in P-47s with 41st FS, 35th FG, in South Pacific, New Guinea to the Philippines. The JUG and I teamed through some rough and rugged times. The JUG, tough and reliable, kept me alive. I am proud to be one of the fraternity of P-47 pilots and its accompanying heritage.
Posted By: Richard DeBaugh
(debaugh@galesburg.net)
on 12/22/1999 10:52:19 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 804)
I flew the Jug in europe while assigned to the 86th FBG ,525 SQ. I flew 80 missions in Italy,France and Germany and I believe I`m alive today because of the P47.
Posted By: Donald Westfall
(durite@nortexinfo.net)
on 12/22/1999 12:44:17 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 803)
I did not fly the P-47 in combat, I flew the P-40 as the original commander of the 85th Fighter Sq. 79th Fighter Group in the Desert Air Force from Egypt to Tunisia in WW2. I later flew many models of the P-47/F-47 after returning home from Africa. It was a very comfortable and easy to fly aircraft.
Posted By: Tarleton H. Watkins (jack)
(usaf39@aol,com)
on 12/21/1999 1:27:11 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 802)
I have had several inquires as to the correct url for my depiction of the P-47 . Try this one ,but be patiet . Its a slow loader http://www.angelfire.com/ok3/wappee Thanks Lynn
Posted By: Lynn Redfern
(redfern@fbtc.net)
on 12/20/1999 4:59:22 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 801)
Thanks for the mail about the web site. Glad to be able to read news , hopefully, of some people from the 78th Group, 84th. Sqdn. I flew out of Duxford with the 78th from July, 1944 thru November 1944. (66 missions)
Posted By: Charles D. Whitefield
(cwhitefield@eastland.net)
on 12/20/1999 4:57:11 PM EST
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