Uh huh.
Here's a somewhat more recent photo.
http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Ai ... 1513907/M/From another thread:
mike furline wrote:
Recieved this,
Dear Mr. Furline
Thank you for your request.
We have attached the interpreted assignments for the P-61B, s/n 42-39715.
P-61B, s/n 42-39715
Manufactured by Northrop Aircraft, Hawthorne CA and delivered to the USAAF on 8 Feb 1945.
Feb 1945 Departed the US and assigned to the Tenth Air Force, China Burma India Theater of Operations
Dec 1945 Dropped from inventory as surplus
We hope this information is of some value to you.
Sincerely
Archie DiFante, Archivist
AFHRA/RSA
600 Chennault Circle
Maxwell AFB AL 36112-6424 USA
(334) 953-2447
Oh well, I tried.
Regards,
Mike
and...
mike13 wrote:
A little more info can be found in Night Hunter by Anderson.
C/N is 1234, a P-61B-15-NO. Assigned to the 427th NFS 3/3/45.
Was at a forward base when the Communists ordered the Americans out. It was reported that three were confiscated but the Chinese wrecked two of them.
This is a very good book for the P-61 buff as it gives the final disposition of all the Black Widows, tons of photos and drawings , color photos and six pages of color profiles.
A bit of irony as the book is printed in China.
mike13
and...
mike13 wrote:
In my haste to post the other night, I listed the author as the person who wrote the forward which is right under the title.
The complete title is "Northrop's Night Hunter P-61 Black Widow"" and the author is Jeff Kolln. ISBN 978-1-58007-122-2.
As far as sources , the author lists a page of contibutors including former Night Fighter Association squadron members.
mike13
So it was part of the 427th NFS. Does anyone have the book that Mike mentions? He hasn't been on WIX since Oct, so I don't expect him to see this...