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Jug unearthed at Wilmington airport!
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"tman109" wrote in message ... http://www.wect.com/Global/story.asp?S=1593397 A real eye opener seeing this header. Actually gave me a cold chill for an instant, Then I read the post. Turns out it's the wrong Wilmington Airport and the wrong P47 !! I had a friend killed flying a P47N at Wilmington Airport (New Castle AFB) in Wilmington Delaware back in the early fifties. He crashed behind a house on Basin Road next to the airport out of a high speed stall after a too tight pitchout on initial to runway 9. Just for the record, his name was Bill Livergood; 142nd FS, Delaware ANG. Strange world indeed!!! For a moment there I thought they had dug up parts of his airplane. Dudley Henriques International Fighter Pilots Fellowship Commercial Pilot/ CFI Retired For personal email, please replace the z's with e's. dhenriquesATzarthlinkDOTnzt |
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tman109 wrote:
http://www.wect.com/Global/story.asp?S=1593397 Ah, love the newsies and their mangling of the facts. "This aircraft was used as an escort bomber, and was very popular in Wilmington during WWII." Escort bomber? I suppose they probably meant bomber escort, but sheesh... And certainly it was very popular, as Bluenthal Field was a P-47 training base. -Marc -- Marc Reeve actual email address after removal of 4s & spaces is c4m4r4a4m4a4n a4t c4r4u4z4i4o d4o4t c4o4m |
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