Tuskegee P-39 Wreck Recovered from Lake Huron...

[Warbirdnerd]

https://apnews.com/article/tuskegee-air ... e40009266a

[quemerford]

I'm glad to see it recovered: good work. Sounds like it was worth it for its educational value alone.

[Mark Allen M]

It’s American history which makes it OUR history. It’s worth preserving to honor and remember fellow Americans who served and died so all Americans can continue to live free and peacefully.

Glad to see this happening. Well worth my sliver of tax dollars.

[Chris Brame]

P-39Q 42-21226: https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rpt ... ecID=89063

[Chris Brame]

The cause of the accident (shooting its own prop) seems a bit unusual; how often did the propellor synchronizers fail like that?

[Matt Gunsch]

The cause of the accident (shooting its own prop) seems a bit unusual; how often did the propellor synchronizers fail like that?

apparently enough that in the T-6 manual there are instructions for dealing with blades that had bullet holes in them, if it met the standards, the fix was to measure the hole's locations and drill a matching hole in the other blade

[Warbirdnerd]

The Door appears to be in great shape-



More photos here-
https://cafriseabove.org/artifact/under ... ank-moody/

[steve dickey]

Has it been known what he was doing so far north? Seems pretty far from Tuskegee, I guess it was a cross country?

[kalamazookid]

Has it been known what he was doing so far north? Seems pretty far from Tuskegee, I guess it was a cross country?

The 332nd FG was based at Selfridge from March - December 1943.

[quemerford]

The Door appears to be in great shape-

More photos here-
https://cafriseabove.org/artifact/under ... ank-moody/

Thanks for posting: condition of some items looks incredible. I do hope it gets displayed as an exhibit as it is.

[Chris Brame]

From Findagrave.com: 2LT Frank Herman Moody.

[Saabmeister]

Has it been known what he was doing so far north? Seems pretty far from Tuskegee, I guess it was a cross country?

It explains it all in the article that some people think says black too many times.

“Their unit was based in Tuskegee, Alabama, but Michigan served as an advanced training ground during the war…..

Fifteen Tuskegee airmen were killed while training in Michigan, including five pilots lost in Lake Huron and one in the St. Clair River, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

At least three other planes flown by Tuskegee Airmen remain in Lake Huron, according to Diving With a Purpose, a Tennessee-based group that focuses on the maritime history of Black Americans.“

[Scott Rose]

Last night I had to lock this thread down because things were getting a bit out of hand and off topic.
I just spent too much time pruning the crap out of this thread. I also removed references to the "discussion" so just because your post was
deleted only means that there were references to the discussion, not that you did something wrong.

I hate wasting time doing this stuff when I could be doing site updates.

Please keep the discussions civil and on topic.

[Clifford Bossie]

From Findagrave.com: 2LT Frank Herman Moody.

That photo puts the human face on the story and though the wreckage has an historical importance the real story is the loss of Frank Moody.

[TAdan]

Thank you Scott for the thread clean up and making it easier to focus on the topic at hand, the memory of a 2Lt Moody and some interesting artifacts.