"Daryl Hunt" wrote in message
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"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message
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"Daryl Hunt" wrote in message
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I can see you are still lying your ass off. Just where did that
flight
come
from? I doubt if I would remember being able to ID anything except,
"Plane"
in 1949 if even that. Guess Rod Stirling must have been around for
that
phenonema. And since you didn't post the real McCoy URL or Letter so
that
it can be followed up on, you are just making things up once again.

From
http://www.afa.org/magazine/gallery/p-38.asp

"The last P-38 was delivered in September 1945, and the type
was phased out of service in 1949."

Yes. The operative word was Active Duty. Buckley Air Field was Guard up
to
2001. Buckley has just recently become and Active Duty AFB in 2001.

Your information does coincide with the aholes info.

The P-38 was taken out of front line service in 1949. Many were sold to
private individuals. 50 were sold to Italy and 12 were ceded to
Honduras.

Front line usually means Active Regulars. But to make a point, look up
the
reasons that the P-47, P-51 and the P-38 was shoved into holes during
Korea.
In order to get the P-80s, they had to get rid of the Prop Jobs. That
would
place all of them well past 1949. Of course,


The P-38's and P-47's were gone by Korea says the AF says and they
should know. The F-51's did indeed soldier on.

The 51st Fighter Wing of Osan AB, Korea had a few P-38s as in 1950. They
were trying to get rid of them as quickly as possible. Lose one and you
get
a brand new F-80. Didn't take them long. They also had a few P-51s as
well.


Not according to their unit history, it says they were only
at Kimpo in Korea in 1950 and further says they were all P-80
by that time having converted from P-51's in 1948

They onlyP-38's they had were for training when first formed in Jan 1941

http://www.osan.af.mil/Public/51FW/51fw-history.html

The 82nd Fighter Wing used the P-38s for Escort Duties as well during
Korea
before they were replaced.


They were inactivated on 9 Sept 1945 as 97 Fighter Squadron, Two Engine

They reformed as a P-51 unit on 12 Apr. 1947 and were
officially designated 97 Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on, 15 Aug. 1947

http://www.82ndfightergroup.com/97history.htm

There isn't a lot of info on the P-38, the P-47 or the P-51 but just
enough
to verify that they were still in service in 1950 at the beginning of the
Korean War. But talking with some Korean Air Vets, they stated that the
buried many of them to get the new jets.


There's plenty of information about F-51 and Corsair service
but it doesnt seem likely any P-38's or P-47's served in official
roles in Korea.

Keith