By: DC Page - 3rd February 2017 at 01:14
Hey Duggy,
I stumbled on to this video today and remembered your post last year about USAAF use of German drop tanks on P-47s. This short clip has some good footage of tanks in storage and being prepared and mated to P-47 aircraft, as well as some good b&w photos of the improvised plumbing and the same photo as the last one in this thread that shows 2 soldiers from Pennsylvania loading tanks on a truck.
By: hampden98 - 25th April 2016 at 18:04
Did they work? You would need some form of ignition I would have thought?
By: Duggy - 25th April 2016 at 14:55
After doing some more research, I found this which confirms my theory.:)
By: Duggy - 1st April 2016 at 14:14
My theory is that this is a “Return to sender” bit of PR work.
Having captured the airfield & finding a lot of tanks, someone had the idea to give them back to the Germans.
The tanks are probably filled with napalm, & that device under the wing is a screamer!
Lt. Col. John R. Murphy, Minot, N.D. a 9th Air force Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter-bomber pilot, examines the “screamer whistle” he devised from a German incendiary shell. When his unit moved onto a former Luftwaffe field.
The 318th FG on Saipan did a similar type mission with Japanese bombs.
My 2 cents!
By: l.garey - 1st April 2016 at 09:02
It also says: “Sofort bei nächste …” (Immediately on next …). So it was intended for reuse!
By: Duggy - 31st March 2016 at 20:54
I think I might know why?
Can anyone confirm what the device under the wingtip is ??
By: Graham Boak - 31st March 2016 at 20:34
That was for the benefit of the local populace, so it could be recovered and used again – the metal ones, anyway.
By: wieesso - 31st March 2016 at 20:10
Interesting detail: It’s written on it: “Keine Bombe!” – No bomb!
Martin
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