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Re: Questions on 2 P-47s
Posted by bdk on Fri Mar 28, 2003 12:23:28 AM
In reply top Questions on 2 P-47s posted by george on Thu Mar 27, 2003 09:32:05 PM
I heard that these aircraft were trapped in customs (perhaps due to the US State Department) for years. I can't substantiate this, but that is what I recall a reliable source telling me.
I only wish my memory was so reliable... :-(
I think that these aircraft are well known to people in the Thunderbolt restoration community and any potentially serious buyers, just not to the general enthusiast.
I'm sure the owner isn't interested in publicising the details of why they took so long to recover. I'll bet Mike O'Leary will publish the info when the new owner has completed the restoration...
: Last year, a P-47 was advertised in Trade-A-Plane: said 12
: year recovery effort, had a picture of it assembled and a
: nother of fuselage on a pallet. No markings, just a red c
: owl. Were asking $1.2 mil. Then recently, the P-
: 47 in Tucson, #450 on fuselage, blue cowl, Peruvian markin
: gs, I think. Asking $325k.
:
: Are these well-known airframes? Any history, like when th
: ey entered the U.S.? Seems odd if 2 "new" Thunderbolts ar
: e on the scene with so little publicity. Maybe I just mis
: sed hearing or reading about them. Can anyone shed some l
: ight on these Jugs? Thanks.