Warbird Information Exchange

Does anyone have some connections to the old "Dallas Aero Service" that might have more information about this P-47's markings?


http://www.papermodelers.com/forum/481742-post57.html

Ryan

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Did you check with Yanks Air Museum? I think Earl Reinert freshened up the race markings at some point; here it is in 1969:

Note the old paint visible around the 7s in the registration. The camo came later. Having known Earl, I bet he never stripped all the old paint off - the folks who restored the plane probably saw the layers of old paint as they dismantled it.

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Could it have been similar to this A-26? (from napoleon130.tripod.com)

http://napoleon130.tripod.com/imagelib/sitebuilder/misc/show_image.html?linkedwidth=actual&linkpath=http://www.a-26invader.co.uk/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/bombshel.jpg&target=tlx_new

http://napoleon130.tripod.com/id399.html

Yeah, we've talked about that quite a bit on the thread I linked to.

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Websites: Texas Tailwheel Flight Training, DoolittleRaid.com and Lbirds.com.

The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. - Prov. 21:31 - Train, Practice, Trust.