Aircraft ID help needed
Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:44 pm
Can anyone ID aircraft 1 and 2 in this photo please?
3 is a UC-64, and 4 is a B-17G for scale.
Apologies, that's the clearest I can get the photo.
Thanks in advance,
Paul
3 is a UC-64, and 4 is a B-17G for scale.
Apologies, that's the clearest I can get the photo.
Thanks in advance,
Paul
Sat Jul 11, 2009 2:22 pm
Looks like it could be P-47 Thunderbolts. This is based on the wingspan and I think I can see an elliptical shape to the wings..
Sat Jul 11, 2009 2:38 pm
Maybe
1-P-39
2-P-40
1-P-39
2-P-40
I think there are 4 different planes there
Sat Jul 11, 2009 2:40 pm
1 and 2 don't look the same to me and 1 looks like a zero to me... 
Sat Jul 11, 2009 2:48 pm
One could well be a P-47, one could be an A-35B, or they could be visiting P-51s.
Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:05 pm
Number 1 looks like a P-39 to me.
Tue Jul 14, 2009 7:17 pm
Sorry guys, I should have mentioned this photo was taken of an 8AF bomber base in England, early-mid spring 1945(ish).
At that time the base had, in addition to the Group's B-17s, a P-47 for formation assembly observation, an A-35B for target towing, and a UC-64 as a general liasion aircraft. I was hoping that these were what the photo showed.
All the best,
PB
At that time the base had, in addition to the Group's B-17s, a P-47 for formation assembly observation, an A-35B for target towing, and a UC-64 as a general liasion aircraft. I was hoping that these were what the photo showed.
All the best,
PB