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Interesting
South
Vietnam did this to the T-28's in the mid 60's.
A
version of the T6 was built by Australia using a Pratt 1820 or 2000 1200hp
engine.
It was
called the Boomerang.
DF
Ed,
I think we are getting closer - the ROK AF
Home Page gives a brief history.
It bought 10 AT-6s with private funds in
1949. These were outfitted for combat and, in fact, they flew
combat missions in the war. Whether AT-6s were designed for
training or not is a mute point. The fact of the matter is that these
planes were equipped with live armament and hence, they were combat
planes.
Young
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Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 7:42
AM
Subject: Re: ROKA - add
>YS,
> >>South Korean sources claim
that the fighter-bombers were bought via a
> 'private' channel with
money donated by the citizens because Amercica
> refused to give Rhee
any 'modern' war planes. <<
This was answered in
previous post.
> >>However, some American sources claim that
Gen. Chenault recommended 25
> F-51s for Rhee's air force. Gen.
MacArthur rejected this recommendation
> at first but then
'reluctantly' approved it on Rhee's "I gotta have them'
> insistance,
and the transfer began in 1949. <<
The part about
Chennault RECOMMENDING that ROKAF be equipped with F-51's is
correct but
as noted, rejected at first. The 1949 date for delivery of
F-51s
is incorrect. The first F-51s weren't turned over to ROKAF until
late 1950 and after the pilots training in the U.S. had been taught to
fly
high-performance aircraft.
> >>The official line is
that the transfer began after the war started and
> Col. Hess (Rock
Hudson) was there to prove it. <<
>Official line
is correct and U.S. aircraft records back it up.
Ed
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