“When I saw it in 1996 and again in 1997 it was a simple fuselage, acquired from Earl Rheinert at some point.

An artcile in the Smithonian Magazine in 2007 by Walter’s son Wally says

“”We brought home a second, nearly airworthy B-25 in 1966. Also that year, we got a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fuselage, a North American F-86 Sabre fuselage, and a complete Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, an early pre-ejection-seat model. Oddest of those we hauled that year, a wrecked B-57 Canberra bomber was dreadfully difficult to dismantle in the bitter cold winter.”

Additionally the American Aviation Historical Society in 1987 suggests the fuselage is off an P-47N-RA

What is interesting is all references to the YP-47M say it was N4477M but the photo clearly shows N4477N

Actually both photo are NX4477N

That last shot is almost exactly the same angle and is 100% proof (if anyone else wanted it)

Here is a shot Earl sent to me c.1970. It is possibly the same P-47.

Mark

D-Day + 25 = 1969 ?

Not Alec Dawson Payne – A posting on TOCH says he died in Suffolk and anyway his wife died before him

Martlet JV348

January 2010 Forum Posting

http://forum.keypublishing.com/archive/index.php?t-96843.html

Air Britian Digest April 1961 lists the folloing at R.S. Coley’s

A.W. Scimitar * 2.
Viking * 2
Hermes * 1
Hurricane * 1 5500M <- Unidentified but later reported to be PG499
Tempest * 1 (JM912)
Skeeter * 1.
Sea Vampire * 3
Storch, VX145. <– sic – Correct Serial VX154
Hunter * 3
ML-120 Drone * 3
Shackleton * 2
Gannet * 3 .
Seahawk * 7
Meteor * 12
Canberra * 5
Sea Fury * 13 ( VW433, VW572, VW700, VW701,
VW708, WE715, WE718, WE72I, WE754, WE788,
WJ220, WJ229, WJ291)
Balloil * 1.
Sea Prince * 1
P-38 Lightning * 1 (AF172)
Lancaster 7 * 2 (NX675, NX676)
Mosquito 35 * 1 (TB115)
Wyvern 4 * 5 (VW870, VW871, VW872, VW873, VW874)
Sea Hornet *1 (VW956)