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Now this is how it was done in ye old days... few boxes, a few men, few hours and viola.. one P-47 ready to go.

Warbird rebuilders have it easy nowdays one could think?

Very impressive video. Good ol American know how!

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find one of the many convoys that carried these treasures. find one that was sunk, and recover said treasure! stranger things have happened....

It reminded me of my days doing convention I&D. Except they didn't have any missing or damaged parts.

And they did it without cordless drills and saws.

Though the Teamsters would have something to say about using the truck and jeep. And the riggers would have to connect the cables.

Watched the whole thing straight through...I am such a geek.

I wish they would have given the time it took to assemble it.

Now to find a couple of those crates.

What is that saying about the students of war????

Amatures study tactics, professionals study logistics.

Amazing when you think of the planning that went into packing that airplane, and I'm sure there were similar proceedures for the P-40, P-38, etc.

I have this video on a CD I got on the P-47. Amazing how each part of the crate had a specific purpose. Holes were dug in a particular spot to clear the gear swing, 50 able bodied men to hoist the wing in place, beams were cut to a specific length at a specific point in the assembly process.

All of this leads one to wonder in amazment at the strategic planning of our war efforts. I saw a recent show on PBS on that very subject. Who determined what aircraft, in what numbers, where placed, how many spares, what kind of spares, etc. Actually stated that they figured 20% of the total fleet of the AAF was grounded at any one time to maintenance or battle damage issues.

So from, how do we assemble it in the field to how many and where, I sit in awe of my father's generation!

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What with all the navigation records that were kept during the war-the Merchant Marine, USN, RN, etc., how hard could it be to locate sunken merchant ships along the convoy routes and recover the aircraft?

You would think that there would be a ton of money to be made.

Might be the wrong thread for this but it would make a great diorama for a modeler!
Jerry

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