P-47s on Parade Inspection - via L-bird

RyanShort1 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:35 am

Aircraft at Bellows Field, Oahu, Hawaii. I think 318th FG.

Ryan

kenlyco · **Joined:** Sat Dec 08, 2007 11:05 pm **Posts:** 656

Wow,great shots!

airnutz · **Posted:** Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:15 am

Pretty little geisha all in a row...TAKA!!!TAKA!!!TAKA!!!TAKA!!!..............................

RyanShort1 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:26 am

Ok, can confirm 318th FG. Also date - May 15, 1944.

And just in case you're wondering, I don't really want to be up this late, but we were calling some friends in Alaska, so I was trying to do some research at the same time...

Now for some serious shut-eye!

Ryan

Obergrafeter · **Posted:** Mon Aug 25, 2008 6:56 am

Lots of fun taking off into that Mountain shear cliff!

NC_Rotorhead · **Joined:** Mon Aug 27, 2007 5:03 pm **Posts:** 107

Yes but its beach all the way in the other direction.............

Nice pics.......

Steve

Jesse C. · **Posted:** Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:54 am

Ah, so that's what Macho Grande looks like!

Cool pic

HMFischer · **Posted:** Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:36 pm

My dad was there at the time. A few days later they were flown to Ford Island and loaded onto jeep carriers. The planes with the white bands are the 73rd squadran and the opposite side are the 19 squadran. The 19FS were hoisted onto the USS Natoma Bay and the 73rd were hoisted onto the USS Manila Bay. On about the 23rd of June they were catapulted off the deck to join the fighting on Saipan. The 333rd FS followed on the USS Sagent Bay arriving July 18th.[b] I don't know how to link but there is a clip of the 73rd FS P-47s being launched on youtube. Seach USS Manila Bay. Hugh

Rogue · **Posted:** Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:37 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRGYXMs9n1s

HMFischer · **Posted:** Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:25 am

Thank you!! Hugh

Django · **Posted:** Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:45 am

Cool pics.

slinky · **Posted:** Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:00 pm

Ryan, the pics of the P-47s were seen by Ken Wilson who is writing a book on P-47s. I received an e-mail from him about possible use in a new book he is writing....

Were these from your private collection or something like that? Would Ken be able to get in touch to possibly use them in his book? Those were some really nice shots....Any help would be appreciated.

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:25 pm

318th FG what......................................?

RyanShort1 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:00 pm

slinky wrote:

Ryan, the pics of the P-47s were seen by Ken Wilson who is writing a book on P-47s. I received an e-mail from him about possible use in a new book he is writing....

Were these from your private collection or something like that? Would Ken be able to get in touch to possibly use them in his book? Those were some really nice shots....Any help would be appreciated.

They are available at a public site from the National Archives - the problem is you have to figure out where they are. A lot of them are not very well organized or captioned.
I'd be glad to point him in the right direction... There are more there than I posted. Sometimes when my family is having a long discussion, or a long phone conversation with friends in Alaska, I browse through and look for interesting stuff - like this.

Ryan

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:04 am

Footnote for some reason just kills my computer when I try to download so I've given up. The photos also apprear dark or murky.
The photo of the B-29 Ryan posted the other day is that way. I've got a copy of it but got it myself at the NA and it's crystal clear.

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