P-47G "Little Demon"

[DiggerWW2]

Todd, That article came from the excellent book "STRANGERS IN A STRANGE LAND" by Hans-Heiri Stapfer. It's a GREAT Squadron Signal book all about the Allied Warbirds captured & flown by the Luftwaffe during WW2. It's loaded with rare & fascinating photos:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v674/ ... NGERS1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v674/ ... NGERS2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v674/ ... NGERS3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v674/ ... NGERS4.jpg

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This book is a must have... It's available for under 10 bucks at www.abebooks.com

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There's also "STRANGERS IN A STRANGE LAND PART 2"

http://www.amazon.com/Strangers-Strange ... 20-7480658?
ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1186185564&sr=8-1

Both are well worth getting... Digger

[p51]

Nope, it's a Curtiss-built G-model and as such remained Stateside with training units. Just like PoF's example.

I was told a few years ago that someone's flying P-47 was used at Dale Mabry AAF in Tallahassee, could this be the one they were talking about? The guy who told me about it wasn't sure which one it was.

[M.P.]

I meet „Little Demon“ in 1982 at Ida Groove. See it flying in my video:
http://www.pozefilm.de/video/p-47g.wmv

[bomberflight]

It seems a lot of progress is being made by the Fighter Collection at Duxford since the fuselage arrived back from Chino

The first shots were taken when I popped in on Saturday August 30th .....









Here's a detail shot of the sign on the side



Now fast forward to Sunday Sept 7th !

[JohnTerrell]

Thank you for the photos Peter! It has been interesting to see the name changes over the course of the past month - at one point it was even marked as "Oakie". I make a note to visit the TFC Blog at least once a day to see if they have any updates on the progress. It seems that they are just waiting on the wings now, from the land down under, in order to be able to proceed to final completion.

[Canso42]

Ooooooo! Nice shop! I like!

[gtokid]

Whoa...looking pretty good. Thanks for posting the pics Peter! Looks like the rear jump seat was removed. I pray it comes back as Little Demon. As I've stated before, I know Ray Stutsman personally and this A/C is the reason I became a warbird nut. I can't imagine it painted any other way. I found this awhile back on rcwarbirds.com:

Question 118: "Monroe, my boss at Duxford bought a P-47G which for years has been painted as Walt Beckham's ''Little Demon' and l was wondering if you know anyone who has a photo of the port side showing the name and victory markings as we want to get it right. Have not been around for a while (no computer so had to save me pennies) all the best, Danny"

Monroe: "Hello Danny, nice to see you again. I don't know how much I can help you. Walt had two P-47s......his first was "Little Demon" S/N 42-8476.....the second was "Little Demon II" S/N 42-75226. I would guess you are looking for Little Demon II with the checkered nose. I can find no pictures of it. I found a couple links to the other one. The first link shows the right side of the plane while it was in the 353rd Ftr Gp. The second link shows the left side after it was transferred to the 78th Gp. The third link is a painting showing the left side of the plane.....I'm not sure how accurate it is. Thanks again Danny, sorry I couldn't help more..>>Monroe"

Probably refering to a RC aircraft, but Monroe Williams is a historical advisor, so I wonder if "Danny" at Duxford was refering to the real thing?

Todd