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P47 Pilots Guestbook
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Welcome to the P47 Pilots Guestbook.
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 743)
I am looking for anyone who might have known my father, William C. Coleman, or other members of graduating class 44-F /Foster Field, Texas (Graduation Date: 6/27/44) Thanks to all!
Posted By: Candice
(ckc0819@aol.com)
on 10/24/1999 7:56:17 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 742)
Hello to all, I am a French scale model builder fanatical of American origin warbird. I am to the research of all documents, pictures, plans, details, on the P47, his engine, his armament, etc... for some to realize a most precise most possible one and presented all open, in maintenance phase or after a crash. Thank-you to all of the help that you will want to well bring to me. Cordially Queyroi Christophe (France)
Posted By: Christophe Queyroi
(flipper@respublica.fr)
on 10/23/1999 4:17:24 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 741)
Since several years, I try to identify a P47 crashed down in France, 1 mile east of Boulogne sur mer, in summer 1943. An old inhabitant of the area had seen the crash, the pilot baled out , landed at a short distance of him and disappeared into bushes along a hill. He did not know if this pilot had been taken pow by germans later. He pointed the exact place of the crash. However the soil was very wet. A lot of 50 rounds were found just under the surface and specialy parts of ammunition feeders and also parts of two m/g, broken and twisted. Fortunaltly their numbers were still readeable : 357 393 et 357 815. But unfortunatly, since all these years, I have never found a macr with these two numbers. From some others macrs, I think that they belonged to an early type of P47. could somebody help me in this search? Many thanks Jean Pierre DURIEZ FRANCE
Posted By: Jean Pierre DURIEZ
(JPDURIEZ@HOTMAIL.COM)
on 10/22/1999 3:31:44 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 740)
Trying to find people who knew 2LT Richard Wallace Taylor (Class 44C Dorr Field). He got his wings at Craig field and trained on the P-47 at Seymour Johnson Field & Dover. He was killed in a P-51D crash in Holland on Feb. 23 1945 (357 FG/363 FS).
Posted By: Paul Patist
(patist@casema.net)
on 10/22/1999 4:48:33 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 739)
I entered this note previously but your page is filled with new folks, just discovering this great site who might be able to help. I am attempting to locate survivors of the 4th Fighter Group, 334th Fighter Squadron, or those who might have gone through training with him( he cracked up a P-40 while training at Randolph), who might have known my uncle, Flt. Off. William Anson Cox, who was killed 2/3/44. Squadron entry reads: COX, William A. - Flt. Off., 334th FS, KIA - Near Emden, Germany, 2/3/44. Separated from his element leader Winslow Sobanski due to clouds and icing. Not seen to go down. P-47D 42-75254 QP-X. Thanks to anyone who might help. (Sobanski was KIA June 44)
Posted By: Ronald G. Cox
(ronncox@worldnet.att.net)
on 10/19/1999 11:35:12 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 738)
I would like express greetings to all Jug fans and especially to all veterans who were flying Jugs over Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia) during WWII. Very interesting page.
Posted By: Karel Donát
(donat@vcb.cz)
on 10/15/1999 7:29:09 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 737)
I would like express greetings to all Jug fans and especially to all veterans who were flying Jugs over Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia) during WWII. Very interesting page.
Posted By: Karel Donát
(donat@vcb.cz)
on 10/15/1999 7:20:22 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 736)
My grandfather,John Jack Kennedy, flew with the 366FG 390FS from Y-29 in Belgium from approximately Nov.1944-Apr.45. I finally saw my first P-47 in person last weekend down at the Confederate Air Force show in Miland. While the paint scheme left something be desired it was overpowering to see and touch one. If anyone has information on the colors of the squadron it would be greatly appreciated. I’m begining to build another model and would like to paint it as close to the colors as possible. Thanks to all the ’Jug’ pilots out there. You guy’s fly the best fighter-bomber of all time in my mind and I’m proud to say my grandfather was on of them. God Bless
Posted By: Matt Darling
(VEDAY5745@aol.com)
on 10/12/1999 10:03:09 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 735)
Really appreciate the site. I am seeking info about my dad,Capt. Clement F. Burr. He flew with the Chekertail Clan, the 325 fighter group or any info about the 317,318,319 fighter squadrons. His plane was ’Stout Burbon’. Later he flew a ’stang but his love was for the ’tub’. Thanks.
Posted By: Charles C. Burr
(chas@psouth.net)
on 10/12/1999 5:37:03 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 734)
365 FS / 358 FG Ninth AF: I misposted earlier. Am looking for anyone connected with this squadron, preferably before D-Day. I am looking for information about CPT John Dickson, MIA April 44 near Rennes, France. (I posted this msg earlier, but misspelled Dickson’s name.)Thank you.
Posted By: Jim Caiella
(caiella@aol.com)
on 10/12/1999 9:50:06 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 733)
I recently acquired a USAAF gun camera, model n-6. It’s in good shape and I’d like to check the operation out. Does anyone know the voltage it uses? I thinks it’s 400-cycle AC from the aircraft inverter, but is it 115 volts? Or is it 28 volts DC? Thanks for the info. Dave, K4AKT, MSgt, USAF, Ret.
Posted By: Dave Hart
(dhart@vela.com)
on 10/10/1999 9:49:44 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 732)
HI, EVERYONE: FLEW WITH THE 36TH FIGHTER GROUP, 53RD FIGHTER SQDN. IN EUROPE, 44 MISSIONS. HAVE BEEN FLYING IN ALASKA FOR 51 YEARS, MOSTLY ON FLOATS AND LOVE THIS COUNTRY. WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM PILOTS OF THIS GREAT GROUP.
Posted By: VINCENT P. GUZZARDI
(guzzardi@mosquitonet.com)
on 10/08/1999 6:41:55 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 731)
Help. I am writing screneplay and at the end the character needs to (reconstruct) and fly a plane I’ve chosen to be the P-47 Thunderboly. Could someone please e mail me if they could answer some questions and give me a little help? Thanks
Posted By: Beverly
(Leo Monkey@aol.com)
on 10/06/1999 3:46:53 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 730)
I am currently putting together a web site dedicated to the 368th FG. If anyone would like to e-mail photos or anything, I would be glad to include them. I currently have a large selection of items, mostly 395th ’Panzer Dusters’.
Posted By: SSG Kenneth Kik
(P47thunderbolt@msn.com)
on 09/30/1999 1:48:17 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 729)
I’m looking for members of class 43G at Eagle Pass who knew my father 2LT George P. Gaffney, Jr.
Posted By: Patricia
(Pabi@att.net)
on 09/29/1999 9:02:18 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 728)
The Thunderbolt will live forever. My Dad flew with Zemke’s Wolfpack (61st Squadron), and I had the privilege of growing up with Gabreski at the dinner table, and too many others to name, here. I’m proud that so many people are interested in Thunderbolts. Thanks for publishing this website. I’ll be back for more.
Posted By: Donavon F. Smith, Jr.
(altitude@flash.net)
on 09/23/1999 10:00:18 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 727)
For Mr. Jon Clinton who wanted to know some after war uses with P47’s. My husband Bob Jones and a buddy bought an used P47 to fly in a trans continental air race. They got it all fixed up and was ready to go but some how caught fire and destroyed. Some competitor knew what the Jug could do I guess
Posted By: Anne Jones
(annej@theworks.com)
on 09/22/1999 7:31:51 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 726)
This has been one of the nicest visits to a website I have ever had. My Dad was a P47 pilot, I have always been so proud of him and the job he did, thank you for taking the time to put all of this information together, so we and future generations have something to treasure.
Posted By: Carol (Young) Pertnoy
(murphie@clarityconnect.com)
on 09/21/1999 12:15:30 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 725)
The 406th FS 371st FG is having thier annual reunion at Ft Walton Beach,Fl. Oct 21-25 . Just wanted to let people know. Visit my site at gene.madore.net
Posted By: Francis ’Gene’ Madore
(gene.madore@dexis.net)
on 09/20/1999 9:31:43 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 724)
I am currently researching the 8th AF mission of May 28, 1944. My draft manuscript is almost complete now and at this moment I am trying to fill in some major gaps in it. In this regard I am especially looking for pictures of Lts Philip H. Hazelett and William S. Orvis of the 78th Fighter Group, 82nd Fighter Squadron who both were shot down by light flak while strafing and who both were killed. Anybody with a picture or information on either one or both of these pilots, please E-mail me. Your help is greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Ivo de Jong (Ruijsstraat 8, 6712 ED Ede, The Netherlands)
Posted By: Ivo M. de Jong
(ivojong@telekabel.nl)
on 09/20/1999 3:48:07 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 723)
I accessed the P47 site to get the dates for the re-union in Savannah. My dad, Lt. Col. Sandy Ross (Ret.), a P47 Pilot living in California, will be attending, and from there he hopefully will be able to come down to Florida for his youngest grandson’s Bar Mitzvah. I’m very proud of my Dad and all of the P47 Pilots. I salute you and give honor to whom honor is due. God bless you.
Posted By: Wendy Ross Ginsberg
(wginsbe@ibm.net)
on 09/20/1999 12:52:13 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 722)
Seeking any information from P-47 pilots out there regarding Capt. Don P. Kerns, Aviation Cadet Class 42-K, Cimarron Field Oklahoma, and later a 62 combat mission veteran flying the ’Dallas Blonde’ with the 319th FS of the 325th Fighter Group - the Checkertail Clan. Any information provided will be most sincerely appreciated and helpful in my research on this pilot.
Posted By: Shawn Southern
(s_southern@msn.com)
on 09/19/1999 1:08:10 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 721)
I am a retired Canadian Air Force pilot. My hobby is Stained Glass and my Three Dimensional Stained Glass Aircraft may be of interest to your guests. If anyone wishes to view my work, please visit me at http://mars.ark.com/~stellar/
Posted By: Rudy Preus
(stellar@mars.ark.com)
on 09/19/1999 12:21:44 AM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 720)
I am looking for information on post-war uses and users of the P47 and why they weren’t deployed to Korea. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks to all the P47 pilots and ground crews.
Posted By: Jon Clinton
(jclinton@hibbing.com)
on 09/14/1999 5:43:36 PM EST
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Guestbook Entry (msg id: 719)
Just returned from the funeral of my wife’s grandfather - Lt. Col. Charles T. Ryan of Jeffersonville, IN - who sadly and unexpectedly passed away this week. He was a P47 pilot in, I believe, the 362nd flying ground support for (again, I believe) Patton’s army. He truly was a great man and I very much regret not asking more questions about his USAAF experiences. One story that sticks out - maybe someone will remember it - is when he was stateside flying in New Jersey and ran into the NJ State Police radio tower head-on with his P47....he hit it square and did very little damage to the plane! If anyone knows of ’Charlie’, please drop me a line....he was a great person who truly would (and did) do anything for his country and his family.
Posted By: Jason Carney
(tjcarn@aol.com)
on 09/12/1999 2:30:22 AM EST
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