Confirmation on the following please.

Re:Confirmation on the following please. (Alex Smart)

Fri, 04 May 2012 20:17:19 GMT

Thank You Anthony,
Great service.
Have sent you a PM.
Alex

Re:Confirmation on the following please. (Anthony J. Mireles)

Fri, 04 May 2012 17:39:52 GMT

2Lt. Claude L. Chamberlain 42-66943

2Lt. Allan D. Owen 42-13391

Both parachuted to safety.

TM

Re:Confirmation on the following please. (Alex Smart)

Fri, 04 May 2012 17:29:44 GMT

Hello Anthony,
Many thanks for the details.
That would have been Chamberlin and Owen.
Both P-38 pilots survived the collisions ?
Again my thanks
Alex

Re:Confirmation on the following please. (Anthony J. Mireles)

Fri, 04 May 2012 16:24:50 GMT

Hello Alex,

Yes, the correct serial for 28 May 44 accident is 42-67691.

Yes, both are Corsairs, but I don't know if Goodyear or Chance-Vought. The AAF report did not include the BuNo. for the Corsairs.

Here are the numbers:

P-38G 42-13391 22 Jan 44
P-38H 42-66943 18 Jan 44

All three accidents are in my book.

Good Luck

TonyM

Re:Confirmation on the following please. (Alex Smart)

Fri, 04 May 2012 14:55:20 GMT

Hello Anthony,
Many thanks.
Will amend my list to show both airmen as "USMC".
They were both in Corsairs thought yes ?
What was the serials of the P-38's that they collided with please, I find three for the first and only one possible for the second ?

I had not seen that the other thread had "Gone", so will recap.
websites quote
440528...42-6791....P-38,
This loss is I beleive to be 42-67691 as 42-6791 was a Dauntless ?
OR were there two that day with similar numbers ?
Thanks
Alex

Re:Confirmation on the following please. (Anthony J. Mireles)

Fri, 04 May 2012 13:06:32 GMT

Alex,

The other thread disappeared with the website going down.

The other P-38J was 42-67691 and it was involved in an accident on 5-28-44.

Re:Confirmation on the following please. (Anthony J. Mireles)

Fri, 04 May 2012 12:59:36 GMT

What happened to the thread concerning P-38J # 42-67691?

It was on here yesterday now it's gone.

Re:Confirmation on the following please. (Anthony J. Mireles)

Fri, 04 May 2012 12:54:01 GMT

Alex Smart

Hello,
Please can the following be confirmed ?
i.e, that the aircraft involved were not P-38's as some websites suggest.
1/.
440118....P-38....California....Livingston, William D. Jr.
Should read as-
440118....F-4U Corsair....BuNo. 18043....California....Livingston, William D. Jr. USN.
2/.
440122....P-38....California....Kovack, Joseph M.
Should read as-
440122....FG-1 Corsair....Bu No. 13217....California....Kovack, Joseph M. USN.

Many thanks
Alex

Kovack and Livingston both collided with P-38 airplanes while in unauthorized dogfights. Both incidents can be found in my book.
Lt. Kovack and Lt. Livingston were both USMC according to my records.

Confirmation on the following please. (Alex Smart)

Fri, 04 May 2012 10:12:45 GMT

Hello,
Please can the following be confirmed ?
i.e, that the aircraft involved were not P-38's as some websites suggest.
1/.
440118....P-38....California....Livingston, William D. Jr.
Should read as-
440118....F-4U Corsair....BuNo. 18043....California....Livingston, William D. Jr. USN.
2/.
440122....P-38....California....Kovack, Joseph M.
Should read as-
440122....FG-1 Corsair....Bu No. 13217....California....Kovack, Joseph M. USN.
3/.
440416....P-39....43-2442....Canada.
Serial number is for a P-38G-15 but what was this P-39's true serial number please ?
4/.
440416....P-39....43-2543....Canada....Rhoada, Frank H.
Serial number is for a P-38G-15 but again what was this P-39's true serial number please ?
5/.
441102....P-38....Germany....Giarrizzo, Lawrence P.
Should read as-
441102....P-51D-5....44-13735....Germany....MACR 15796....Giarrizzo, Lawrence P.
Many thanks
Alex