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how about a P47 on skis!

Posted by Neil Medcalf on Wed Oct 02, 2002 12:11:56 AM

In reply top Hurri's on Skis - only know of two posted by Lee on Tue Oct 01, 2002 02:28:12 PM

Lee I have a photo or two a P-47 thunderbolt on skis while on test in Canada. Do you need a copy? Neil



: Charles:
:
: Have alot of information on these aircraft while they were
: tested at Rockcliffe with the RCAF's Exper. Test Flight.
: I have found no testing records yet as a result from some
: earlier research I have done at the DND Archives and the N
: ational Archives of Canada. Rockcliffe and another test st
: ation {cant remember name} were the two locations that I k
: now of so far with only 2 documented airframes taking part
: .
:
: Hurricane 5426 was being tested in late 1941 to around May
: of 1942 when she went missing while on a routine exercise
: flight in bad weather just south of Bagotville, PQ. Her R
: AF pilot Sgt Hk Green was never found. I have reason to be
: lieve that I found the lake he crashed/landed on after run
: ning out of fuel or bailing out. Working with the DND, Com
: monwealth War Graves Comm., and the British High Comm here
: in Canada to find more records on the accident and posibl
: y himself along with his Hurricane. I have found a few pic
: tures of this aircraft and just yesterday found out that t
: he skis used by the RCAF and National Research Council res
: ide at the National Aviation Museum in Ottawa. No photos s
: caned yet - sorry
:
: E-mail me off board at one of these addresses as I have mu
: ch of the information you are seeking.
:
: Lee
: Toronto, Canada
: walshlee@hotmail.com
: walshlee@rogers.com
:
: msn photo site is VERY slow this afternoon, dial-up beware
: !

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