By: GrahamOD - 19th December 2001 at 13:07
RE: P47
‘ere,’ere….
Notice when the Dambusters is shown on TV these days, any reference to the dog’s name is now edited out. At least with the ‘Reds’ and possibly in the future, the BBMF, being based at Scampton, his grave will continued to be tended, and the PC brigade won’t demand the headstone being removed!!!
By: Arabella-Cox - 18th December 2001 at 18:45
RE: P47
Political correctness gone mad. Just don’t get me started about how the liberal left want to alter the history books by changing the name of Guy Gibson’s dog… x(
By: Jim_Harley - 18th December 2001 at 18:36
RE: P47
Interesting story behind this one. Republic had this machine rebuilt and sent it on tour in England as you stated. She was then donated to the US Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH.. She is and was displayed as Robert Johnson’s 56th FG T-Bolt “Lucky”. I had the very good fortune to meet and chat with Robert Johnson back in 1998 at the Warbirds Dinner in South Carolina. Bob was onhand at the Dedication of the P-47…bedecked with the middlefinger noseart. He said some “women’s group” protested the noseart and it was duely removed. The Thunderbolt is still on display and still dripping oil.
Jim
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December 18, 2001 at 4:44 pm