Subdeacon Joe Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6135/6044061356_18c6d7c65c_z.jpg Hit a tree while on a strafing run. Flew 120 miles back to base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 hard way to get firewood! Great pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantry Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 THe P-47 was great for taking damage and bringing it's pilot home again, unlike the more fragile P-51. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Good thing it kept running. They had the glide ratio of a big rock!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 I recorded the news from last night, have not seen it yet, but the teaser was a Warthog hitting power lines again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Some intense flying, no doubt. Wonder what kind of target it was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted May 24, 2013 Author Share Posted May 24, 2013 Some intense flying, no doubt. Wonder what kind of target it was? Something German, I suspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Balz, SASS#46599 Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 If you were going to get shot at in an aircraft in WW ll, you wanted to be in a P-47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uno Mas SASS #80082 Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Gabby Gabreski (leading US Euro Theater Ace) knocked himself down by hitting the ground strafing a German airfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Something German, I suspect. Mebbe not. Tojo didn't like them either. But I suspect you are correct. Wonder what kind of tree it was? Maybe it was one of those French trees that were planted to shade the German troops as they marched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Bet that one vibrated like crazy all the way back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted May 24, 2013 Author Share Posted May 24, 2013 Same plane, different view - http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3265/2779969303_e0e026be31_o.jpg P-47 flown by Lt. Richard Sulzbach of the 364th Fighter Squadron, 350th Fighter Group, 12th Air Force. Lt. Sulzbach had a little run-in with some trees while on a strafing run over Italy. He was able to fly the plane 120 miles back to base. More great photos here: http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aviation/tree-trimming-army-air-force-style-24161-2.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Same plane, different view - http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3265/2779969303_e0e026be31_o.jpg P-47 flown by Lt. Richard Sulzbach of the 364th Fighter Squadron, 350th Fighter Group, 12th Air Force. Lt. Sulzbach had a little run-in with some trees while on a strafing run over Italy. He was able to fly the plane 120 miles back to base. More great photos here: http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aviation/tree-trimming-army-air-force-style-24161-2.html Ah Ha! Olive trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted May 25, 2013 Author Share Posted May 25, 2013 Ah Ha! Olive trees. Yeah, musta been the pits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jake1001 Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 I wonder if a couple of Olives were in the Cowling. He could use them in a Martini. Jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 A pair of A-10s were on a low level training flight over Stockton Lake in SW Missouri. One of them hit the "guard cables" over a power line. Knocked the cables down. It flew on to it's home base with "some" damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 I be THINKING , it is gonna take MORE than one drink after that ride , I recall reading about something called "Target Fixation " , it seems you get tunnel vision and loose all of your surrondings CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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