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TAM P-47D history - Tulio? Others?

Posted by Ron Olsen on Sat Nov 09, 2002 03:10:16 PM

Tulio and WIXers,

The link below includes a photo of Jack Erickson's P-47. This was photo was taken over Idaho Falls in October. It is at the Tillamook Air Museum now.

It was restored in Idaho. I believe the first flight was late July and some time was required to sort out a problem or problems.

The Landings FAA database shows P-47D 44-32817 N767WJ registered to Jack Erickson.

I received this info from Dennis Bergstrom:
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Don Whittington bought it from Venezuela in 1995 and Jack bought it later in 1995. When I first saw it in 1996 it was in Tillamook's restoration hangar in Venezuelan Air Force markings. The wings were against the wall beside the complete fuselage.
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Now my question for you is, do you know any of the history on this aircraft? Are there any photos of it in Venezuelan markings? Even a photo of another P-47 in Venezuelan service would be interesting.

Thanks for any help you can give me on this.

Cheers,

Ron

PS, Tulio, please send me an e-mail.

TAM P-47D photo

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