Thread: Unknown Cylinder Head Recovered from Freeman Field
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Old 22nd February 2016, 16:46
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Re: Unknown Cylinder Head Recovered from Freeman Field
Hey Tony!

All the stuff from Freeman that has been recovered were all from captured aircraft (German, Japanese, Italian).

There were "some" US aircraft there that took the R-2800...those being the A-26, C-82, P-61, and P-47....but...this cylinder head was perfectly serviceable...so there was no need to dump in in the pile of captured axis aircraft parts in 1946/1947...especially when the engines and aircraft were still being used.

Is it "possible" that this is a foreign variant? or are the serial/part numbers 100% conclusive of being US?

Mike
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