P-47 JUG Restorations And Flyer's

[Boghopper]

Hello

Team 47 here in rain soaked east anglia are trying to put together a upto date list of airworthy & restorations to flight of P-47s, worldwide

any input please

photos welcome

thanks
Team 47

[VCS1]

Hello,
Try this list from my website. I have tried to account for all the early Republic and Seversky aircraft that still exist.

http://www.p-35.com/new_page_4.htm

It lists most of the "razorback" survivors for the P-47 along with pics and history. I welcome any feedback, updates for the information presented.

[Django]

Seems like I was told there was remains of 2 Razorbacks here in IL, just down the road from Mike Keller's B-17 project. Anyone know anything?

[RMAllnutt]

Seems like I was told there was remains of 2 Razorbacks here in IL, just down the road from Mike Keller's B-17 project. Anyone know anything?

I remember hearing about that too. I do believe that Westpac has two birdcage examples it's working on as well. I know I sold them some fuel gauges for eaerly P-47's about two years ago, and they were going into one of their restorations, but they couldn't say which one unfortunately. Any ideas?

Cheers,
Richard

[Dan K]

You guys really need to check out the warbird registry occasionally!

Randy Ferris pulled the remains of P-47B 41-5920 out of the same swamp that Lex recovered the Brewster. He apparently also recovered bits of two other B's from New Jersey.

I have a few pics of the recovered remains buried somewhere, but this was years ago. Perhaps one of the Marengo bunch knows of Randy's whereabouts and what ever became of this project.

[Django]

Most of the registry stops at 2002 though.

Bitchin avatar BTW Dan.

[DryMartini]

http://aerovintage.com/forum/viewtopic. ... hlight=p47

[Django]

So Bill, do they know what markings it may have had with the 56th and how many combat missions?

[Michel Lemieux]

Interesting....when did this happen to the Chino bird ?

By the looks of cars early 70's ?

Tks for the link VSC1

http://www.p-35.com/new_page_4.htm

[Pat Carry]

Checking the registry wont do much good. Alot of outdated info there.

Last edited by Pat Carry on Thu Oct 08, 2009 5:02 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[Dan K]

So Bill, do they know what markings it may have had with the 56th and how many combat missions?

I'm almost positive Randy's example is one of the birds in this pic:

http://www.michael-reimer.com/CFS2/CFS2 ... group1.jpg


Always happy to be proven wrong, but I'm pretty confident no B models were ever flown by the 56th or the 348th anywhere but stateside.

[DryMartini]

Yes, I believe his plane is the 5th (farthest from the camera).
I cannot remember what number it carried, but when I see him,
I'll ask again.

[Dan K]

Yes, I believe his plane is the 5th (farthest from the camera).
I cannot remember what number it carried, but when I see him,
I'll ask again.

You are quite probably correct.

But I noticed at this link you can zoom on the photo. Try zooming in on the fourth Jug in line. Does anyone else think the last four digits look like 5920 ?

http://www.michael-reimer.com/CFS2/CFS2 ... group1.jpg

[Ethan]

Interesting....when did this happen to the Chino bird ?

By the looks of cars early 70's ?

Tks for the link VSC1

http://www.p-35.com/new_page_4.htm

The engine quit at the point magu airshow. They ended up putting a new wing on it. I think it happened in the late 70's

[gary1954]

Interesting....when did this happen to the Chino bird ?

By the looks of cars early 70's ?

Tks for the link VSC1

http://www.p-35.com/new_page_4.htm

That is a 1969 Plymouth Satellite or basic Road Runner parked on the street, Looks like a Satellite to me though.