CAF P-47

mustangdriver · **Posted:** Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:55 pm

Can anyone tell me if the CAF ever had a razorback P-47> If so where is it now? I heard a story about one, but not sure if it is true.

warbird1 · **Joined:** Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:25 pm **Posts:** 2760

AFAIK, they only had the 6 "D" models they recovered from South America and the one "N" model that is currently in restoration. I'm not as familiar with the early history of the CAF in the 50's and 60's, so it's entirely possible that one passed through their hands at some point.

Passing this one to someone more knowledgeable on CAF history........

b29flteng · **Posted:** Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:15 am

No they didn't.

b29flteng · **Posted:** Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:17 am

No they didn't. All they had was the 6 "D" models, owned by Ed Jurist, and the "N" model.

mustangdriver · **Posted:** Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:24 am

Thanks guys. It was one of those stories that a museum brought a razorback P-47 to display at an aishow, and the guy said he thought it was the CAF.

k5083 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:40 am

The four razorbacks that ever appeared at airshows in the warbird era are the Maloney/POF P-47G since the 1960s, the Stutsman P-47G "Little Demon" since 1981, the Republic-owned P-47D retired to the USAFM in the late 50s or early 60s, and (rarely, in the 1980s) Champlin's "Big Stud" now at Seattle MOF.

August

Django · **Posted:** Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:07 pm

Anyone know how the rebuild on the N is progressing?

warbird1 · **Joined:** Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:25 pm **Posts:** 2760

mustangdriver wrote:

Thanks guys. It was one of those stories that a museum brought a razorback P-47 to display at an aishow, and the guy said he thought it was the CAF.

Wow, I guess the "tramp stamp" is not doing it's job, since there was confusion on it's ownership. The CAF obviously needs to make the decal MUCH bigger!

warbird1 · **Joined:** Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:25 pm **Posts:** 2760

Django wrote:

Anyone know how the rebuild on the N is progressing?

Doug is the man to ask.

mustangdriver · **Posted:** Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:02 pm

warbird1 wrote:

mustangdriver wrote:

Thanks guys. It was one of those stories that a museum brought a razorback P-47 to display at an aishow, and the guy said he thought it was the CAF.

Wow, I guess the "tramp stamp" is not doing it's job, since there was confusion on it's ownership. The CAF obviously needs to make the decal MUCH bigger!

THis event took place in the 70's :lol:

But I like your style

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