A few Q's re: warbirds that ended up in Latin American AFs

[Tulio]

speaking of the Thunderbolts here, I also found the story of Gerhard Thyben and his involvement with FAC after WWII. I'm inclined to believe there may be other WWII vets that came to Colombia looking for work - unfortunately those stories are even harder to come across than these Thunderbolt serial numbers.

Well, for example, the Horten Brothers went to Argentina, so did Adolf Galland, and Kurt Tank amongst many others.

Saludos,


Tulio

[FelipeBelalcazar]

speaking of the Thunderbolts here, I also found the story of Gerhard Thyben and his involvement with FAC after WWII. I'm inclined to believe there may be other WWII vets that came to Colombia looking for work - unfortunately those stories are even harder to come across than these Thunderbolt serial numbers.

Well, for example, the Horten Brothers went to Argentina, so did Adolf Galland, and Kurt Tank amongst many others.

Saludos,


Tulio

of course, and Galland was the one that pointed Thyben in the direction of Bogota - or so the story goes. Same goes for the Pulqui II and the German (engineering) diaspora - I don't think it's a coincidence the MiG 15, Sabre and Pulqui II have similar aesthetics given the different groups that 'migrated' to those specific countries following the war. [In the case of the U.S operation paperclip comes to mind?]

In other news I managed to get my hands on a list of German pilots that flew in the Amazon conflict - hopefully more stories there!

felices vuelos!