P-47 Thunderbolts with Malcom Hood

[Stevenbrown]

I only recently became aware of the fact of Thunderbolts using Malcolm Hoods. Does anyone know how common this was?

 

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https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...thunderbolts&usg=AOvVaw1g0ZkXz9V693Zpy03Wc4A0

Some mention of the Malcolm hood in paragraph 16:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...s/p47_4.html&usg=AOvVaw139fMf21IeHxauxfNOYXL5

All I could find,...so far.

Welcome to the forum Steven. Hope you have a blast here.

Jeff

 

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https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...233362620230&usg=AOvVaw1aCjZUlcycmAAzluH9ysls

 

[Stevenbrown]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=13&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjV6K7Y6ZLmAhW8GTQIHWfkAVoQFjAMegQIARAB&url=https://web.ipmsusa3.org/content/republic-p-47d-malcolm-hood-thunderbolts&usg=AOvVaw1g0ZkXz9V693Zpy03Wc4A0

Some mention of the Malcolm hood in paragraph 16:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=13&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwje2Oao65LmAhXqJzQIHb2rB7w4ChAWMAJ6BAgEEAE&url=http://joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/p47_4.html&usg=AOvVaw139fMf21IeHxauxfNOYXL5

All I could find,...so far.

Welcome to the forum Steven. Hope you have a blast here.

Jeff

Thank you sir.

 

[BiffF15]

I only recently became aware of the fact of Thunderbolts using Malcolm Hoods. Does anyone know how common this was?

Nice find and welcome aboard.

 

[Stevenbrown]

Nice find and welcome aboard.

Thank you sir.

 

[at6]

I never knew that there were Malcolm hoods on P-47s. Thanks for posting.

 

[Stevenbrown]

I never knew that there were Malcolm hoods on P-47s. Thanks for posting.

You're welcome sir.

 

[fubar57]

Good pic. I've seen the Malcolm Hood on very few P-47s but I've never seen this version before (grabbed from another site)

unusual P-47D photo
365th Fighter Group 387 FS P-47 Thunderbolt | World War Photos​

 

[BiffF15]

That looks "liberated" from something else a cut to fit.

 

[ODonovan]

Good pic. I've seen the Malcolm Hood on very few P-47s but I've never seen this version before (grabbed from another site)

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unusual P-47D photo
365th Fighter Group 387 FS P-47 Thunderbolt | World War Photos​

That looks "liberated" from something else a cut to fit.

My first thought would be a homemade "camera bubble," so the pilot could take photos from the cockpit. The fuselage code is from the 387th Fighter Squadron, 365th Fighter Group, 9th AF. The 365th only flew a few fighter missions before they were trained and utilized as a ground attack unit on 8 March 1944. After that, they flew mostly ground attack missions. Perhaps this is one of the A/C they sent over either before or after their bombing missions, to get photos of the targets.



-Irish

 

[papageno]

Looks like the blister from a Lancaster ?

 

[Airframes]

Not from a Lanc - different shape, the Lanc's being tear-drop shaped.
I have the pic in one of my books, and, from memory, it was a side panel from a B-24 cockpit window, modified to fit in the field. The shape seems to match a B-24 blister.

 

[Navalwarrior]

My first thought would be a homemade "camera bubble," so the pilot could take photos from the cockpit. The fuselage code is from the 387th Fighter Squadron, 365th Fighter Group, 9th AF. The 365th only flew a few fighter missions before they were trained and utilized as a ground attack unit on 8 March 1944. After that, they flew mostly ground attack missions. Perhaps this is one of the A/C they sent over either before or after their bombing missions, to get photos of the targets.



-Irish

Resp:
It makes me think this pilot flew above the action and would be able to observe hits as well as misses. He could therefore redirect attacks to a target that wasn't hit/destroyed. If that Photo could only talk. Gotta give credit for on-site modifications by the ground crews. Neat. Photo!
Claes Sunden has an aircraft print of a P-47 with a Malcolm style hood fitted, which is based on actual photos of a belly landed ETO Thunderbolt.