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Re: Will the real 45-49192 please step forward?

Posted by Jim Harley on Mon Oct 29, 2001 02:26:20 PM

In reply top Re: Will the real 45-49192 please step forward? posted by Benjamin Gilbert on Sun Oct 28, 2001 05:35:37 AM

: Few elements that will help you maybe.
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: Blue Sky,
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: Benjamin.
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: The first airframe in question is?K
: Model: Republic P-47D-40-RA Thunderbolt
: S/N: 45-49192 (USAAF)
: C/N: 399-55731
: Owner: Imperial War Museum
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: ?? now in the Imperial War Museum (arrived when?)
: According Warbirds Worldwide Directory 3rd edition, the ab
: ove P-47 arrived at Duxford in November 1985.
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: "Does anyone know what the extent of the damage was in the
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: 1980 crash? What components were damaged? What parts wer
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: e used in the restoration of the second airframe?"
: Why not try to ask directly to Steve Hinton?
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: Model: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
: S/N: none
: C/N: none
: C/R: G-THUN
: Current Name: "No Guts No Glory"
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: "Am I correct that the current registration is G-THUN? Is
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: the airframe currently named ??No Guts No Glory???"
: Yes, you are correct.

My first trip to Chino was in '85...this jug was in the jig at Fighter Rebuilders in "Tar Heel Hal" markings sans wings. From what I understood it was a 0 time fuse with the rebuilt wings. When completed she was painted in a generic T-bolt scheme of natural metal and a red cowl. The wings were also in vertical jigs at the time of my visit. The Museum's razorback was in the "yard" receiving its final bits of paintwork. Ahh the good old days!!

Jim

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