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Exactly my opinion.Stephen King That's a LT. Jim Hare photo from the 57th FG, 65th FS. To quote his caption "Back on his feet, but will require engine change. 64th FS P-47 hit ground while attacking on a mission, flew all the way back to Grosseto. Black A-26 invaders of the 47th BG in the background." I'm not going to argue if it's true or not, but those are the comments of the guy that took the pic.
from comments on Facebook.
my bolded text would seem to imply a belly landing.
Hi Terry, my guess is that should the prop hit the ground under high RPM, it would immediately be destroyed. As it happenned to Gabreski.Hmm.
I tend to agree Roman. It's possible, or probable, that the aircraft did strike the ground whilst strafing, and then got back to base, damaged, and had a belly landing.
I would have expected the prop blades to have been bent forwards, if the prop had struck the ground under power, whereas they look as if the prop was perhaps 'windmilling', after cutting the power during or immediately preceding a belly landing, with the underside damage being more in line with such a landing.
I don't see how they could bend forward Terry if the aircraft is traveling forward at 300mph.
I've heard this story before and my doubts have not changed.
My English is limited so I can be wrong but if I got it right the leaf stays bent forward when the prop is under the aerodynamic load and hits something (also ground) at the same time. And the last sentence, on my opinion, exactly describes the situation that I can see on the picture of that Jug : A crash scene where the propeller is bent backwards at the tips indicate the propeller was windmilling or the pilot was at a low power setting when he crashed (out of fuel, etc)"Thanks for posting that Roman, but what they are describing is the deflection of the prop under aerodynamic load, not from a ground strike.
Agree Terry. I can´t say what happened during straffing, but looking at the prop and the belly damage it seems like clear belly landing damage to me. And on my opinion, an airplane with such a prop damage that is on the pic could never fly.Yep, typical of a belly landing with power cut. The original pics you posted Roman, show under-side damage extending quite some way down the fuselage, very much in line with a belly landing.
I don't doubt that the aircraft, or prop, struck the ground during strafing, but the end result certainly looks like damage following a belly landing.
No need to apologize, I find this discussion very interesting in many aspects. What do you mean by OT?Terry, thanks for explaining, however I remain unconvinced that prop tips could ever bend forward due to a prop strike with the ground whilst in flight.
Anyway, this is going OT a bit so apologies for the digression Roman.