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Lots of possibilities before a B-29 F4U Corsair F-84 Thunderjet/Thunderstreak/Thunderflash F-89 Scorpion B-45 Tornado F2H Banshee T-33 Shooting Star F-94 Starfire Il-10 Beast La-11 Fang F9F Panther F75 Tigercat F3D/F-10 Skyknight A-1 Skyraider Yak-9 Yak-19 Hawker Sea Fury / Fury A-W Meteor Fairey Firefly DH.100 Vampire

Thank you F-4/B for the confirmation that the 9th AF was based in and operating from the UK, and not based in and operating from Italy in 1944 as some ppl claimed. That should put an end to any more of such nonsense being posted.:thumbup:

As escort fighters the P-47 had a hard time getting much past the German frontier when even carrying drop tanks. Yet we are to believe P-47s carring bombs from south of Rome could reach northern France and Belgium. Yah right!! It is pretty hard to have standing patrols, which the 9th, and 2cd, did flying from Italy.

9th AF HQ (Sunnyhill Park, Ascot) and all other command HQs under the 9th AF were in the UK. The UK is a looong way from Italy. Why can't you man up and admit when you are wrong Crumpp?

Yes they can cover some pretty good distances but not from the southern half of Italy to Normandy. The 9th AF was transferred to the ETO in Oct 16 1943. This was stated in a previous post in this thread. On D-Day ALL 9th AF bases were in the UK.

As 150PN fuel wasn't in the MTO, the numbers vs Germany are irrelevant.

Within a week all Allied losses during Bodenplatte had been replaced.

Maybe this will help with your Code Manufacturer Location AD Aero Design & Engineering Co. Bethany, Okla. AE Aeronca Aircraft Corp. Middletown, Ohio AG Air Glider Inc. Akron, Ohio AH American Helicopter Co., Inc. Manhattan Beach, Calif. AV Avro Canada Montreal, Canada BA Bell Aircraft Corp. Atlanta, Ga. BB Babcock Aircraft Deland, Fla. BC Bell Aerosystems Co. Buffalo, N.Y. BE Bell Aircraft Corp. Buffalo, N.Y. BF Bell Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Tex. BH Beech Aircraft Corp. Wichita, Kans. BL Bellanca Aircraft New Castle, Del. BN Boeing Airplane Co. Renton, Wash. BO Boeing Airplane Co. Seattle, Wash. BR Briegleb Sailplane Beverley Hills, Calif. BS Bowlus Sailplane San Francisco, Calif. BU Budd Manufacturing Philadelphia, Pa. BV Boeing Co., Vertol Division Morton, Pa. BW Boeing Airplane Co. Wichita, Kans. CA Chase Aircraft Co., Inc. West Trenton, N.J. CC Canadian Commercial Corp. Toronto, Canada CE Cessna Aircraft Co. Wichita, Kans. CF Convair (Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corp.) Fort Worth, Tex. CH Christopher Aircraft St. Louis, Mo. The list is to long for one post, so the rest can be found http://rwebs.net/avhistory/acdesig/usarmy.htm

Not appears to designate where built but where it was built. P-51s used NA and NT. B-17s would have BO, DL and VE. Every manufacturer had a code which was included in the model designation.

So, there about the same number of P-47s as there was K-4s and almost 3 times the number of P-51s as there was K-4s. In Oct '44, there was a total of 1922 P-47s and 1366 P-51s on hand in the ETO.

Yes servers allow only 1 K-4/D-9 for every 7 P-51s and 5 P-47s.

DCS WWII: Europe 1944 Project Discussion » The P-47D-30 P-47 is a sub form.:)

No it doesn't really matter.:)

What was the 56th flying in late '44? What does 1945 have to do with 1944 > DCS WWII: Europe 1944 Project Discussion

For those who want to know more about the 9th AF, http://www.354thpmfg.com/AFFHD/9th%20AF%20in%20ETO%20Oct%2016,%2043%20to%20April%2016,%201944.pdf http://www.354thpmfg.com/AFFHD/9th%20AF%20April%20to%20November%201944.pdf

Ninth Air Force first entered combat in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, then moved to England in 1943.

The number is 2520. 44-20308 - 21107 Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt 44-32668 - 33867 Republic P-47D-30-RA Thunderbolt 44-89684 - 90283 Republic P-47D-30-RA Thunderbolt

At the end of 1944, there was less than 150 operational K-4s with the JGs. JGs that used the K-4 Unit - date introduced to unit (1944) - number of K-4s + other 109s at month end - (end of Dec) III./JG1 - Nil 1944 II./JG2 - Nov - 2 + 56 - (9 + 20) III./JG3 - Nov - 9 + 58 - (8 + 16) I./JG4 - Dec - 2 + 26 III./JG4 - Oct - 15 + 38 - (26 + 2) II./JG11 - Dec - 11 + 58 III./JG26 - Nov - 35 + 36 - (29 + 15) I./JG27 - Oct - 57 + 1 - (14 + 1) II./JG27 - Oct - 2 + 57 - (0 + 21) III./JG27 - Oct - 55 + 2 - (26 + 0) IV./JG27 - Oct - 4 + 58 - (0 + 32) III./JG51 - Nil 1944 II./JG52 - Nil 1944 III./JG52 - Nil 1944 II./JG53 - Dec - 5 + 37 III./JG53 - Nil 1944 I./JG77 - Dec - 1 + 37 II./JG77 - Nil 1944 III./JG77 - Oct - 57 - (27) JG list from Prien/Rodeike book Bf109F, G & K The D-9 operational numbers would be similar.

Agh, a practicing engineer. :thumbup:

It had success against U-boats.

position error correction

What did German testing say about stab trim for cruise?

That should be VERY large part.... 9th Bombardment Div on Nov 11 1944: 8 BG of B-26s 2 BG of A-26s 1 BG of A-20s Afaik only the RAF used the B-25 in the ETO.

I guess you forgot to read the last line: