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walkerarmyairfield

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P-47 Kansas Tornado - 12/22/2007 09:37:23 AM

P-47 Folks, have any of you come across a P-47 with "Kansas Tornado" painted on the cowl? Have a photo of one with that printed and a painting of a Tornado on the cowl. Pilot standing infront as your picture has. From the way he was dressed he could have been a pilot or mechanic. The photo doesn't show any serial numbers. Thank you, Phillip

Leendert Total Posts : 349 Reward points : 273 Joined: 12/09/2004 Status: offline	Reply to message Message Options RE: P-47 Kansas Tornado - 12/22/2007 10:23:48 AM Phillip, Most likely P-47D 42-26249 "Kansas Tornado II" operated by 405th FG/510th FS. One of its pilots was Lt Howard J. Curran. Regards, Leendert Brugge/Belgium

walkerarmyairfield Total Posts : 185 Reward points : 190 Joined: 08/17/2007 Location: Stafford, Kansas Status: offline	Reply to message Message Options RE: P-47 Kansas Tornado - 12/22/2007 10:31:07 AM Leendert, Thank you for the information I will research that FG&FS. This Army Airforces is a great help to all of us. Phillip

rickpeck2 Total Posts : 230 Reward points : 764 Joined: 07/03/2006 Location: New Mexico Status: offline	Reply to message Message Options RE: P-47 Kansas Tornado - 12/22/2007 10:33:24 AM http://wing.chez-alice.fr/USAAF/405th_FG/405th_FG.html Has photo of P-47 that Leendert is talking about so you can compare it.

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RE: P-47 Kansas Tornado - 12/22/2007 08:10:14 PM

Phillip,

At http://www.510fs.org/php-bin/4images/details.php?image_id=1740&sessionid=4fa2de0a0fc65a4cb13524082af2980c is mention, and a sketch, of the loss of Captain Curran's P-47 'Kansas Tornado' which I presume was the precursor to 'Kansas Totnado II"?

In the for whatever it's worth category, based upon the sketch's aircraft being coded 2Z-C and Captain Curran's biography at http://wing.chez-alice.fr/USAAF/405th_FG/Pilots_&_Nose_Arts_510th_FS.html I suspect P-47 42-76237 may possibly have born the original 'Kansas Tornado' nose art.

Take what you like and leave the rest....

Andy

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