http://altw.telegraphindia.com/1100621/jsp/frontpage/story_12587846.jsp
Wonder do the American & Commonwealth MIA people know about this?
the reference to “Jeans” makes me wonder if it was a USN aircraft, did aircrew wear these ?
By: Beermat - 23rd June 2010 at 16:52
Just a guess, but yeah. Apart from there being a fair few in theatre with the US, I believe the Chinese used them as well.
By: Whitley_Project - 23rd June 2010 at 16:34
B-25 sounds like a reasonable guess….
By: Beermat - 23rd June 2010 at 15:56
Found this:
http://www.heritageresearch.com/ourlibrary/databases/wwii/authorized/illinois.htm
Blackhawk Engineering made 75mm guns and ‘axles’. Might be a B-25 G/H! Or it might just be a field gun..
By: Atcham Tower - 23rd June 2010 at 14:57
There is a town called Black Hawk in Colorado but it seems to have no aviation connections.
By: Beermat - 23rd June 2010 at 13:26
All I can find for ‘Blackhawk’ around 1943 is the US tool manufacturer. Looks like they also manufactured hydraulic systems since at least 1929 – but there my googlability runs out. The ‘T6’ part of the code might refer to the treatment of alloy used – although I’m not sure how common T6 was in 1943.
Any other ideas?
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June 21, 2010 at 10:55 pm