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CoastieJohn · **Joined:** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:37 pm **Posts:** 1380

mike furline wrote:

PropsRule wrote:

"...Is it a P-38 or F-5, cameras on the nose (odd one on the tip of the nose), but also at least 1 gun port?..."

Good eye, I missed that the first time around. Being a captured machine, they may have scrounged parts to make one flyable airplane.

I'd heard of USAAF Tiger Moths before, but have never seen a photo of one until now.

Once again, thanks for sharing the photos!

F-5E (P-38J-25-LO) T9+MK (3725 [0725], 44-23725)
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/captured- ... -479489908

http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_1.html
44-23725 rebuilt to F-5E. With 354th Air Services Squadron , kidnapped by pilot from 82nd Oct 13, 1944 and landed at Linate airfield near Mediolan.
Plane captured by Germans and used by KG200 as T9+MK. Recaptured by US troops Schwangau May 1945.

I was curious about the pilot who stole the plane.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_James_Monti

Which then led to this....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zirkus_Rosarius

jdvoss · **Posted:** Sat Oct 21, 2017 8:05 pm

Hello ALOHA DAVE

The site of the P-40 prang dated 11-07-40 is without a doubt Hamilton Field, CA...not too far from current day Travis AFB. I've attached a file on Hamilton field from Paul Freeman's abandoned airfield site.

http://www.airfieldsfreeman.com/CA/Airf ... m#Hamilton

John Voss
http://www.fuselagecodes.com

ALOHADAVE · **Posted:** Sat Oct 21, 2017 11:38 pm

Thanks John Voss, I still can't find an accident report for it.

ALOHADAVE · **Posted:** Sat Oct 21, 2017 11:46 pm

found 2 more photos of the P-40 prang, still no accident report
It is P-40B, 77th PS 20th PG

sandiego89 · **Joined:** Mon May 21, 2012 12:28 pm **Posts:** 1161

jdvoss wrote:

The site of the P-40 prang dated 11-07-40 is without a doubt Hamilton Field, CA...

Agree- instantly recognized it as Hamilton- I got to do some work in some of those hangers not too long ago. Great photo.

Scott Rose · **Posted:** Sat Feb 15, 2020 1:27 pm

Images from page 1 restored, unfortunately images from page 2 were unrecoverable and the post containing them has been removed.

A68-1001 · **Joined:** Sat Feb 21, 2015 11:42 pm **Posts:** 68

as mentioned on a modeling site ,
one Tiger Moth "Dorothy"of US Army Air Force was used on British territory to Liaison duties. DE 745 was flown by 353rd Fighter Group USAAF in summer 1943 and it retained British camouflage with American insignia modified from the British ones."

dont know if the aircraft in the picture is actual one or a reproduction , very big image , not sure why ?

airnutz · **Posted:** Sun Feb 16, 2020 12:46 pm

Dunno 'bout your large image query, but the photo also captures Fleetwings Seabird N16793 in the background. It was recently mentioned in the Vintage forum as being on the move to a new home.

eagle0025 · **Posted:** Sun Feb 16, 2020 6:35 pm

Here's some background on that P-51 mishap on Iwo Jima. P-51D-20-NA, s/n 44-63243, #115, 78th FS, 15th FG, flown by 2Lt. Fred W. White, came in for a landing at its base on Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, 9 March 1945. It slid into P-51D-20-NA, s/n 44-63474, 45th FS, 15th FG, #86, nicknamed "Foxy", severing the tail and setting it on fire. 44-63243 then nosed over and fell on the wing of P-51D-20-NA, s/n 44-63428, #60, 45th FS, 15th FG, nicknamed "Miss Lillian". Lt. White survived this mishap, but was sadly KIA during a B-29 escort mission to Tokyo, Japan on 12 April 1945. Lt. White’s aircraft experienced engine trouble on the return and his only option was to fly to the coast and bail out. Lt. White bailed out at 3,000 feet but his parachute failed to open and he did not survive.

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