Lockheed P-38J Lightning ‘Droop Snoot*’ 44-23517 personal aircraft of Air Commodore Alfred C H Sharp RAF, pictured at No 51 MU Lichfield, Staffordshire between 1946-48.
Anyone got better photo’s or info.
Thanks in advance
Duggy
By: Duggy - 11th January 2016 at 14:10
Thanks came across this.
LINK – https://books.google.ca/books?id=mP1yCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=44-23517&source=bl&ots=KH8jrnHQu_&sig=5gU8Q29U4kMTuX1ZdWHf5Xxg7oI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjLhtqn96HKAhXKHR4KHUTZBnoQ6AEIKTAD#v=onepage&q=44-23517&f=false
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By: brewerjerry - 11th January 2016 at 08:58
Hi
An intersting thread here it
http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/16215.php
refers to 44-23482 as Sharps a/c
a single seater.
I always wonder why sharps a/c would carry a personal code of DPA
It pose the question
Would sharpes a/c have more likely been ACS ?
And DPA 44-23517 was someone elses a/c ?
cheers
Jerry
By: Collis - 10th January 2016 at 22:35
had a little google, but didn’t find much.
a bit in a book review here – https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mP1yCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=%2244-23517%22&source=bl&ots=KH8jptIPwT&sig=xVAVakVcKBpOsixnTvckkx2XO0A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiEw-6V8Z3KAhWF2RoKHUASDtgQ6AEIMjAD#v=onepage&q=%2244-23517%22&f=false
and a model here – http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/60407-p38-lightning-series/page-2
By: Duggy - 10th January 2016 at 22:09
Thanks, I wonder why he did not like his T-Bolt ??
RAF Air Commodore Alfred C H Sharp, a former Deputy Chief of Staff HQ 8th AF, was gifted this P-38 Lightning as his personal aircraft. Later transferred to No 51 MU at Lichfield for diposal, thence onto Delft University, Netherlands in 1948 and finally back to the USAAF.
Maybe some of our Dutch collegues, can add some info ???
By: DaveF68 - 10th January 2016 at 21:22
I beleive that’s the only photo that has surfaced so far
By: Duggy - 9th January 2016 at 19:27
Thats where I got the info.
Thanks
By: DC Page - 9th January 2016 at 19:24
I guess you’ve already seen this Duggy:
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