P47 windscreen... What will this number tell me?

littorio · Feb 21, 2021

I have just purchased this P47 windscreen for my world war II aviation collection. I have found a series of numbers stamped to the side of this piece. will this number tell me anything about the aircraft that this piece was supposed to be attached to? I looked on Wikipedia and it seems all of the p-47 numbers start with a "42" or "43" etc. is this just the serial number for the cockpit windscreen alone and not for a specific aircraft?

Crimea_River · Feb 21, 2021

It's very unlikely that you will be able to relate the stamped number to an actual aircraft. It's likely a part number, with the same number being stamped on thousands of identical units.

mjfur · Feb 21, 2021

As stated above, just a part number. With the paper remnants on the mirror, I would say that this windscreen was never installed on an aircraft and was one of the millions of parts available post war.

littorio · Feb 21, 2021

Crimea_River said:
It's very unlikely that you will be able to relate the stamped number to an actual aircraft. It's likely a part number, with the same number being stamped on thousands of identical units.

That's what I figured

Capt. Vick · Feb 21, 2021

Well if I remember, early P-47's had a pointed, not flat windscreen, so you may be able to narrow down the actual model.

waroff · Feb 21, 2021

93F12650-16;: windshield assembly flat front/ crown assembly part

this assembly was common on P47D-25 and up

T Bolt · Feb 22, 2021

I bought a similar windscreen a number of years ago and the guy that was selling them told me he got a bunch of them from a Corning glass factory in the far west suburbs of Chicago. He said they manufactured them for Republic and had quite a few on hand when the war ended and the P-47 contracts were canceled. These windscreens, some finished and some partly finished had sat on shelves at the Corning factory for years and years before he found out about them and bought the lot.
I know fellow member Rocketeer also picked one up.
Your windscreen looks just like mine and Tony's so my guess is that it came from the same lot.
Seeing that they were being manufactured when the P-47 contracts were canceled at the end of the war my guess it that it was intended for either a P-47D-40, P-47M, or a P-47N

Here's mine. It still has the protective paper on the side windows

littorio · Feb 22, 2021

waroff said:
93F12650-16;: windshield assembly flat front/ crown assembly part

this assembly was common on P47D-25 and up

Awesome!!! Thank you!

kalani · Feb 23, 2021

littorio said:
I have just purchased this P47 windscreen for my world war II aviation collection. I have found a series of numbers stamped to the side of this piece. will this number tell me anything about the aircraft that this piece was supposed to be attached to? I looked on Wikipedia and it seems all of the p-47 numbers start with a "42" or "43" etc. is this just the serial number for the cockpit windscreen alone and not for a specific aircraft?

P-47 p/n as follows: "D" models 89, "N" models 93, others are 96 and 101.

kalani · Feb 23, 2021

Crimea_River said:
It's very unlikely that you will be able to relate the stamped number to an actual aircraft. It's likely a part number, with the same number being stamped on thousands of identical units.

I 'd like to refer you to the AAF publication, "Security Information, Codes and Descriptions " It list applicable numbers per aircraft type and model, along with some of the common numbers which can be found on a number of aircraft. My volume lists P-36 thur P-63's, B-17's thur B-32's, among others cargo, liaision, trainers as well as giving some navy types used by AAF.

kalani · Feb 23, 2021

littorio said:
I have just purchased this P47 windscreen for my world war II aviation collection. I have found a series of numbers stamped to the side of this piece. will this number tell me anything about the aircraft that this piece was supposed to be attached to? I looked on Wikipedia and it seems all of the p-47 numbers start with a "42" or "43" etc. is this just the serial number for the cockpit windscreen alone and not for a specific aircraft?

Littorio, "42" and "43" are numbers for parts on A-26 .

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