Prangs galore ...

[CoastieJohn]

"...Is it a P-38 or F-5, cameras on the nose (odd one on the tip of the nose), but also at least 1 gun port?..."

Good eye, I missed that the first time around. Being a captured machine, they may have scrounged parts to make one flyable airplane.

I'd heard of USAAF Tiger Moths before, but have never seen a photo of one until now.

Once again, thanks for sharing the photos!

F-5E (P-38J-25-LO) T9+MK (3725 [0725], 44-23725)
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/captured- ... -479489908

http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_1.html
44-23725 rebuilt to F-5E. With 354th Air Services Squadron , kidnapped by pilot from 82nd Oct 13, 1944 and landed at Linate airfield near Mediolan.
Plane captured by Germans and used by KG200 as T9+MK. Recaptured by US troops Schwangau May 1945.

I was curious about the pilot who stole the plane.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_James_Monti


Which then led to this....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zirkus_Rosarius

[jdvoss]

Hello ALOHA DAVE

The site of the P-40 prang dated 11-07-40 is without a doubt Hamilton Field, CA...not too far from current day Travis AFB. I've attached a file on Hamilton field from Paul Freeman's abandoned airfield site.

http://www.airfieldsfreeman.com/CA/Airf ... m#Hamilton

John Voss
http://www.fuselagecodes.com

[ALOHADAVE]

Thanks John Voss, I still can't find an accident report for it.

[ALOHADAVE]

found 2 more photos of the P-40 prang, still no accident report
It is P-40B, 77th PS 20th PG

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[sandiego89]

The site of the P-40 prang dated 11-07-40 is without a doubt Hamilton Field, CA...

Agree- instantly recognized it as Hamilton- I got to do some work in some of those hangers not too long ago. Great photo.

[Scott Rose]

Images from page 1 restored, unfortunately images from page 2 were unrecoverable and the post containing them has been removed.

[A68-1001]

as mentioned on a modeling site ,
one Tiger Moth "Dorothy"of US Army Air Force was used on British territory to Liaison duties. DE 745 was flown by 353rd Fighter Group USAAF in summer 1943 and it retained British camouflage with American insignia modified from the British ones."

dont know if the aircraft in the picture is actual one or a reproduction , very big image , not sure why ?

[airnutz]

Dunno 'bout your large image query, but the photo also captures Fleetwings Seabird N16793 in the background. It was recently mentioned in the Vintage forum as being on the move to a new home.

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[eagle0025]

Here's some background on that P-51 mishap on Iwo Jima. P-51D-20-NA, s/n 44-63243, #115, 78th FS, 15th FG, flown by 2Lt. Fred W. White, came in for a landing at its base on Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, 9 March 1945. It slid into P-51D-20-NA, s/n 44-63474, 45th FS, 15th FG, #86, nicknamed "Foxy", severing the tail and setting it on fire. 44-63243 then nosed over and fell on the wing of P-51D-20-NA, s/n 44-63428, #60, 45th FS, 15th FG, nicknamed "Miss Lillian". Lt. White survived this mishap, but was sadly KIA during a B-29 escort mission to Tokyo, Japan on 12 April 1945. Lt. White’s aircraft experienced engine trouble on the return and his only option was to fly to the coast and bail out. Lt. White bailed out at 3,000 feet but his parachute failed to open and he did not survive.