Current combat history Warbirds

[Jerry O'Neill]

They're still researching the actual missions, but NEAM's A-26 Invader "Reida Rae" may have flown over 100 Combat Missions in the ETO.
That was via one it's pilot's, the late Jack Buskirk.
Jerry

[Mike]

In the UK, TFC's P-39, F6F, FG-1D, Hawk 75, Spitfire V and P-51D all supposedly have combat to their name. Most of the airworthy early-mark Spitfires and Hurricanes are combat vets, as are any Russian recoveries (I can only think of P-40s & Hurricanes from this source that have actually been restored to fly so far)

Many of the ex-Israeli P-51s are also combat vets, although the identities of some of these are somewhat convoluted!

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[Warbird Kid]

B-25D "Yankee Warrior" is supposedly a combat Vet, serving in Italy.

Also, isn’t the C.A.F.'s B-25J "Maid in the Shade" a combat vet as well?

I wonder if the spitfires and any other flying combat vet is wearing the same colors?

The OFMC's Spitfire IX MH434 is in it's original markings as is TFC's Spitfire V EP120. The BBMF's Spitfire II P7350 changes colors frequently but I believe it has been in one of it's original schemes in the past and is an authentic Battle of Britain veteran.

[Warbird Kid]

Speaking of BoB. What Battle of Britian veterans are out there?

BoBMF- Spitfire

Alpine Fighter Collection's- Hurricane

Russell Groups- Me-109e

[Cripes]

Surely the 109E flown by Marseille has some kills to it's credit?

[Mike]

Speaking of BoB. What Battle of Britian veterans are out there?

Peter Vacher's Hurricane

Just found out ... I think there's a current flying fighter, I think a P-40 that actually has a bullet hole repair that is purposely in view .... does this sound true?

[bdk]

Just found out ... I think there's a current flying fighter, I think a P-40 that actually has a bullet hole repair that is purposely in view .... does this sound true?

I think that the FHC Tomahawk (formerly TFC) which was recovered from Russia had some repaired bullet holes in it.

Planes of Fame SBD is a combat veteran with both the USN and NZ.

[Cindy]

before they were LID (lost in divorce) I had pictures of the bullet holes in the wing of the FHC Tomahawk. so yes, it was a combat vet - just don't know much of the history

[coldaffyduck]

The Collings Foundation A-26 is a combat vet, it even has the repair marks to prove it.

I believe the Fighter Factory's Hurricane is a BoB vet, their P-40 is a combat vet, as is their 109.

Whats the combat history on MAAM P-61?

[Mike]

I think that the FHC Tomahawk (formerly TFC) which was recovered from Russia had some repaired bullet holes in it.

It certainly did. I remember looking over (and photographing) it when it was stored at Duxford for a couple of years.

It had a bullet hole in the oil tank (which brought it down) as well as others in the airframe. A real time capsule, it still had the 'U S Army' lettering under the wings, with the Russian stars and number painted over the top of the US scheme.

[Dan Newcomb]

I think Chino’s Planes of Fame Dauntless flew some combat in the Pacific with the RNAF.

[tinbender2]

Way back in the mid 1980s, there was a P-51D named "Double Trouble" that had several kills. When the aircraft was displayed, the owner also displayed photographs from the gun camera that showed the aircraft shooting down a few german fighters

[gregv]

IIRC, Kermit Week's "Whistler's Mother" has both WWII and Korean combat history; I could be wrong though. Should there be a separate thread for "static and flying warbirds with combat service in more than one conflict"?

gv