P47 pilot day job!

[PAUL161]

 

[NutmegCT]

You did it! Bravo!

Great video btw.
Thanks.
Tom M.

 

[PAUL161]

 

[NutmegCT]

Even more striking - most of those P-47 pilots were still teens, or just out of their teens.

 

[prb51]

Very cool vid.... the P-47 was a great multi role aircraft and could take as good as it gave....one note. You see the US Flag flying at half mast in one picture/scene..... President Roosevelt had passed.

 

[waltesefalcon]

Thanks for sharing Paul, that was a great video.

 

[HealeyRick]

Great video. Mom and Dad worked at Pratt & Whitney and built the Double Wasp motors that powered the P47. I see these old films and can't help but wonder if they had their hands on some of these motors.

 

[YakkoWarner]

This is rare stuff to see - WWII film footage in color. I know I've seen occasional short clips of color footage, but had never seen this before.

 

[Basil]

Speaking of P-47s, Tom Cruise, move over!

 

[Grantura_MKI]

Brill vids, boys!

 

[NutmegCT]

Thanks Basil for posting that video.

A photo of the 1949 winning team:

Lt. Harvey is second from left side of photo.

History 72 Years in the making: 1949 First Aerial Gunnery Competition

Seventy-two years ago, and one year after racial integration of the Armed Forces, four pilots took to the skies in P-47 Thunderbolts to compete in a first of its kind Air Force competition. Even

www.acc.af.mil

When the winners were announced after the competition, all received applause - except for the "Tuskegee" team, which was met with silence.

Tom M.

 

[Basil]

Thanks Basil for posting that video.

A photo of the 1949 winning team:

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Lt. Harvey is second from left side of photo.

History 72 Years in the making: 1949 First Aerial Gunnery Competition

Seventy-two years ago, and one year after racial integration of the Armed Forces, four pilots took to the skies in P-47 Thunderbolts to compete in a first of its kind Air Force competition. Even

www.acc.af.mil

When the winners were announced after the competition, all received applause - except for the "Tuskegee" team, which was met with silence.

Tom M.

I was impressed by his attitude.

 

[PAUL161]

A friend, who is no longer with us, was in a P47 outfit in Africa. He didn't talk much about it, when asked, he would say,"that was a long time ago" and change the conversation. It affected him that much. All's well Richard!

 

[pdplot]

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