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I heard a rumor today about a P-47 recovered form a fresh water lake is being offered up for Auction in Chino soon. Anyone know the rest of the story?
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First one the comes to mind is "Dottie Mae" 42-29150


http://www.dottiemaep-47.com/

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I hope that is true. I would love to see that one go to a museum like NMUSAF or Kalamazoo to be cleaned , preserved and displayed as is in exchange for another less historic P-47 to be put back into civilian hands and flying again. :)
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That's quite an interesting story. Amazing recovery too.

She looks in decent shape, but I have to ask, how come there's what looks like a slice down it's belly like it was gutted like a fish?

kind of odd I'd say...

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the undercarriage looks pretty rough, it also appears that the landing gears are missing.

Looks like a good restoration candidate, though.

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Caused by hitting the water at several hundred km/h
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Gear are up and locked, and undamaged. Doors are a little tweaked though!
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daveymac82c wrote:
That's quite an interesting story. Amazing recovery too.

She looks in decent shape, but I have to ask, how come there's what looks like a slice down it's belly like it was gutted like a fish?

kind of odd I'd say...

Cheers,

David


The P-47 has an exhaust system where there are 2 pipes that run from the engine to the turbo charger along the belly. There is structure that surrounds the pipe to protect the aircraft from the heat and any leakage. That structure is stronger and didn't collapse while the skin and more flimsy structure between them did when it impacted. That is why the gutted fish appearance.
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I hope its not "uncle Bob's" I saved the wheels that were going on to that thing.....sounds like a rumor and nothing more to me :D

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P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.

S: Took hammer away from midget.
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Everything is for sale at the right price. It will not be inexpensive!
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So is it "Dottie Mae", or just speculation? :?:
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