[Alvin]

[Alvin]

Hopefully that's the surviving driver standing behind car describing his adventure

[Alvin]

Cool WWII aircraft engine view in Brit or OZ scrap yard?

[U47]

Originally Posted by Alvin

Cool WWII aircraft engine view in Brit or OZ scrap yard?

P-40

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by U47

P-40

Thank you Sir!

Hemi Headed Olds 442 engine

[U47]

DOHC 421 Pontiac Imagine this one at NASCAR
http://image.hotrod.com/f/26163815+r...ock_engine.jpg

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by U47

DOHC 421 Pontiac Imagine this one at NASCAR
http://image.hotrod.com/f/26163815+r...ock_engine.jpg

[Alvin]

Pontiac-action in the far lane

[Alvin]

Here's a MOON decal installed on a future $1,000,000 (million dollar) Cobra Race Car. Who knew?

[OVERULD]

Originally Posted by Alvin

Cool WWII aircraft engine view in Brit or OZ scrap yard?

Alvin:
I'm a pretty serious WWII aviation buff and I've never seen this photo in any books, documentaries or otherwise. Do you have any info on it or know of its origin? Those are definitely P-40 Warhawk fighters like those used by Claire Chennault's AVG Flying Tigers in Bruma in the early days of WWII. They saw action in North Africa as well as in the Pacific and Europe before being replaced by the P-38 Lightning, P-39 Airacobra, P-47 Thunderbolt and the fabulous P-51 Mustang.

BJ

[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by OVERULD

Alvin:
I'm a pretty serious WWII aviation buff and I've never seen this photo in any books, documentaries or otherwise. Do you have any info on it or know of its origin? Those are definitely P-40 Warhawk fighters like those used by Claire Chennault's AVG Flying Tigers in Bruma in the early days of WWII. They saw action in North Africa as well as in the Pacific and Europe before being replaced by the P-38 Lightning, P-39 Airacobra, P-47 Thunderbolt and the fabulous P-51 Mustang.

BJ

I'm a WWII av buff as well and I've never seen it either. Mixed insignias are visible. There's a British roundel on the one in the background on the far left and an American star on one about the same distance back on the right.
They are later the model P-40 design... E models perhaps.
The Brits were using lend-lease P-40s before America even entered the war and they were used by practically all of the Allied forces right through the end of WWII. Although outclassed by almost every other fighter by then, it was a solid, rugged design and still had plenty of use left in it.
Aesthetically, I've always preferred the early model B as used by Chenault's original Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group (AVG).

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by OVERULD

Alvin:
I'm a pretty serious WWII aviation buff and I've never seen this photo in any books, documentaries or otherwise. Do you have any info on it or know of its origin? Those are definitely P-40 Warhawk fighters like those used by Claire Chennault's AVG Flying Tigers in Bruma in the early days of WWII. They saw action in North Africa as well as in the Pacific and Europe before being replaced by the P-38 Lightning, P-39 Airacobra, P-47 Thunderbolt and the fabulous P-51 Mustang.

BJ

No info other than original image link here => https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4022/...67bfe81a_z.jpg Immediately noted this as

Originally Posted by Greg Reid

I'm a WWII av buff as well and I've never seen it either. Mixed insignias are visible. There's a British roundel on the one in the background on the far left and an American star on one about the same distance back on the right.
They are later the model P-40 design... E models perhaps.
The Brits were using lend-lease P-40s before America even entered the war and they were used by practically all of the Allied forces right through the end of WWII. Although outclassed by almost every other fighter by then, it was a solid, rugged design and still had plenty of use left in it.
Aesthetically, I've always preferred the early model B as used by Chenault's original Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group (AVG).

Here's another WWII junkyard image for Jeep enthusiasts

[Alvin]

More titled "P-40 Walnut Ridge"

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by Alvin

Cool WWII aircraft engine view in Brit or OZ scrap yard?

[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by Alvin

Those are P-51 Mustangs before they became Mustangs as we know them. It was known as the A-36 Apache at the time and was mostly a ground attack plane.
It had the same Allison V-12 engine as the P-40 in the earlier picture.
The soon-to-be marriage of this American built and designed airframe with the British built and designed Rolls Royce-Merlin engine made it into arguably the best all around prop driven warplane in history..
P-51-B and -D models shown below... Notice that the intake scoop has moved from above to below the spinner with the engine change.

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by Greg Reid

Those are P-51 Mustangs before they became Mustangs as we know them. It was known as the A-36 Apache at the time and was mostly a ground attack plane.
It had the same Allison V-12 engine as the P-40 in the earlier picture.
The soon-to-be marriage of this American built and designed airframe with the British built and designed Rolls Royce-Merlin engine made it into arguably the best all around prop driven warplane in history..
P-51-B and -D models shown below... Notice that the intake scoop has moved from above to below the spinner with the engine change.

Thx Greg! I figured if I posted the pic someone would know and comment on what they were...I did notice the above engine intake on the B&W photo...

[U47]

Originally Posted by Greg Reid

Those are P-51 Mustangs before they became Mustangs as we know them. It was known as the A-36 Apache at the time and was mostly a ground attack plane.
It had the same Allison V-12 engine as the P-40 in the earlier picture.
The soon-to-be marriage of this American built and designed airframe with the British built and designed Rolls Royce-Merlin engine made it into arguably the best all around prop driven warplane in history..
P-51-B and -D models shown below... Notice that the intake scoop has moved from above to below the spinner with the engine change.

Arguably for sure. I would rather be in a F4U or if I wanted to go really fast a DO335.
http://www.warbirdradio.com/wp-conte...zip2/m_127.jpg
http://www.militaryimages.net/media/...-wp.30272/full

[Alvin]

Check this out....
Image titled "Captured P-47 Thunderbolt T9-LK from Zirkus Rosarius Goettingen Germany"



Full size image link HERE

[camerjeff]

Originally Posted by Greg Reid

Those are P-51 Mustangs before they became Mustangs as we know them. It was known as the A-36 Apache at the time and was mostly a ground attack plane.
It had the same Allison V-12 engine as the P-40 in the earlier picture.
The soon-to-be marriage of this American built and designed airframe with the British built and designed Rolls Royce-Merlin engine made it into arguably the best all around prop driven warplane in history..
P-51-B and -D models shown below... Notice that the intake scoop has moved from above to below the spinner with the engine change.

I can't see any Bomb Racks under the wings so I would think they are not A-36's but
P-51A's The Army A/F did use about 1000 of that model in China

[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by camerjeff

I can't see any Bomb Racks under the wings so I would think they are not A-36's but
P-51A's The Army A/F did use about 1000 of that model in China

Yeah, I started to go into the 'maybe they are A models' but I'd already typed enough...lol. Good observation on the bomb racks. The only clue I would have known to look for would have been dive brakes but not visible in that pic.

U47, yes, there are about a half dozen planes that need to be in that 'best' conversation..... Prop driven aircraft design was at it's very peak during those years..