P-39 "Big D"
Thu Jul 06, 2017 10:28 am
My apologies if this is old news...didn't realize CAF Centex Wing's Cobra "Miss Connie" had been rechristened!
(Or am I just the last one to the party...again...)
(Pic credit CAF Centex Wing)
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(Or am I just the last one to the party...again...)
(Pic credit CAF Centex Wing)
http://www.centraltexaswing.org/wp-cont ... 4x768.jpeg
Re: P-39 "Big D"
Thu Jul 06, 2017 3:32 pm
They'll have to change the paint to 345th FS, 350th FG as Big D was flown by Lt. Jack Ogilvie from that unit. He's still living btw and probably down that way
Re: P-39 "Big D"
Thu Jul 06, 2017 5:11 pm
Party on Dan! 
Andy
Andy
Re: P-39 "Big D"
Thu Jul 06, 2017 5:52 pm
Dan Johnson II wrote:Big D was flown by Lt. Jack Ogilvie from that unit.
The door has him as a Captain?
Re: P-39 "Big D"
Thu Jul 06, 2017 7:31 pm
DH82EH wrote:Party on Dan!
Andy
Party on, Andy!
Re: P-39 "Big D"
Fri Jul 07, 2017 9:40 am
KiwiZac wrote:Dan Johnson II wrote:Big D was flown by Lt. Jack Ogilvie from that unit.
The door has him as a Captain?
He ended up a Captain from what I could find on the net.
In fact, the few pics I can find of the P-39s his unit flew, it looks like all they need to do is put proper ETO bars on the star, the subdued/dark 13 on the door, and chain the fin to have a yellow or white "Swoosh" across the top instead of a stripe (no color photos and I'm not a B&W color "expert"
). The spinners appear to have been red, so that's already done. I see some paintings and images of yellow aft fuselage and wing stripes, but the couple of pics that were definitely the 435th FS didn't show the stripes on their P-39s, only on the P-47s.
Re: P-39 "Big D"
Sun Jul 09, 2017 1:16 am
Needs yellow MTO bands on the wing and around the tail. Red spinner, yellow 13 on the door etc. It's still a PTO scheme with Jack's name and plane name on it.