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Flying the Hump and c47 repaints

BendyFlyer said:
Indeed, my error, it is Le May, this was taken in 1944 when Le May introducing the B-29's into China to target Japan.
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Stilwell died soon after the war of stomach cancer. Given his personality it seemed apt, he was known to be a straightforward speaker and if you wanted his opinion on something, you got it plain and unvarnished, and with the bark on. His handle was "Vinegar Joe." Note the guy in the background walking around with a campaign hat on, strap around his jaw. Must be a staff officer of Stilwell's. That cover went out of style early in WWII, Stilwell was the only major commander I'm aware of who used it as regular headgear. Stilwell and Chennault could not stand each other, which was a pity since both were highly independent.

The film "Merrill's Marauders," with Jeff Chandler, is an excellent record of the American experience in Burma. An actor portraying Stilwell - and closely resembling him, too - makes a brief appearance in the film.

I almost forgot - the film "1941" has Robert Stack portraying Stilwell - way, way out of character but it's fun to watch how Stack plays the part.

is that Phil Cochran waving out of the pilot's window in Stilwell's bird?
 
Nice job on Joes Chariot Jan, thanks a lot, proudly joins my C-47 fleet and will now get a workout doing the shuttle between China and India and further west. Amazing that aircraft survived for so long and at least the cockpit section still remains.
 
SSI01 said:
Stilwell died soon after the war of stomach cancer. Given his personality it seemed apt, he was known to be a straightforward speaker and if you wanted his opinion on something, you got it plain and unvarnished, and with the bark on. His handle was "Vinegar Joe." Note the guy in the background walking around with a campaign hat on, strap around his jaw. Must be a staff officer of Stilwell's. That cover went out of style early in WWII, Stilwell was the only major commander I'm aware of who used it as regular headgear. Stilwell and Chennault could not stand each other, which was a pity since both were highly independent.

The film "Merrill's Marauders," with Jeff Chandler, is an excellent record of the American experience in Burma. An actor portraying Stilwell - and closely resembling him, too - makes a brief appearance in the film.

I almost forgot - the film "1941" has Robert Stack portraying Stilwell - way, way out of character but it's fun to watch how Stack plays the part.

is that Phil Cochran waving out of the pilot's window in Stilwell's bird?
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Looks like Cochran. Thought Cochran was a P-40 pilot. Hard to know what to make of Stilwell he was volunteered for the CBI campaign by Arnold and was caught between a rock and hard place (The British and Corrupt Chinese). Did a foot march out of Burma back to India with the troops and probably flew along the hump routes as frequently as some of the crews. He was frustrated at every turn and asked to manage a vipers pit of contrary allies in some of the most inhospitable country in the world, the Himalayas and the Burmese jungle.

If I recall there was another film called the 'Purple Plain' set in Burma in WW2 with Gregory Peck (?) about a RFCAF Mosquito pilot forced down in the jungle after and engine fire. Guess I will have to get the JF Mossie and have a go at that as well.

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You know, you're right and I remember seeing that film with Peck. Can't remember who the romantic interest was, though. Kind of an out-of-the-way place to find an RCAF guy but they got around, too.

Re: Stilwell, Marshall is supposed to have said he purposely gave the assignments he did to Stilwell, knowing his temperament would ensure the job would get done regardless. There were very very few American troops under his command and he pushed them hard - some would say without mercy. The history I read said just about the only way off the line for Americans in his command was to be invalided out, be wounded, or die. He used up his Americans and kept them up front until they were practically wiped out. Dearth of resources, I suppose. His reputation sure suffered, though.
 
SSI01 said:
You know, you're right and I remember seeing that film with Peck. Can't remember who the romantic interest was, though. Kind of an out-of-the-way place to find an RCAF guy but they got around, too.

Re: Stilwell, Marshall is supposed to have said he purposely gave the assignments he did to Stilwell, knowing his temperament would ensure the job would get done regardless. There were very very few American troops under his command and he pushed them hard - some would say without mercy. The history I read said just about the only way off the line for Americans in his command was to be invalided out, be wounded, or die. He used up his Americans and kept them up front until they were practically wiped out. Dearth of resources, I suppose. His reputation sure suffered, though.
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Yep, bastard of a theatre for everyone as far as I can tell. I had a late uncle flew Spitfires in the RAAF out of Burma, got a few and a DFC but he had nothing much to talk (too many painful memories I think) about other than it sure aged young guys prematurely and living conditions were primitive and harsh. He used to tell me about flying the Spit, he loved flying that aeroplane although he said it would bite hard in combat and snap into a full spin on you if you were too reckless, did some time on Boomerangs too (hated them said they were hopeless fuselage blanketed the rudder in a turn at low speed). Told me though they met their match when they came up against Focke-Wolfs 190's in Europe later. He thought they were a pretty classy aeroplane. Not too many kind words about the Poms (Limeys) either. But the Hump sure wasted a lot of crews and aeroplanes.

Tough area to fly, like out of Kunming, your already at 6000 ft elevation at takeoff and the old C-47 sure struggles with a load from there on.
 
ncooper said:
Hello,
They work with V3, you need only change this line in the aircraft.cfg entry.
Sim = Douglas_DC3_V1.5
I see in the one I tried, the thumbnail.jpg is named th.jpg and will need to be renamed to thumbnail.jpg
to see its picture in the aircraft menu.
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You can also edit in the aircraft.cfg
A new line ui_thumbnail= ****.jpg
And place the image in the main folder of the plane
 
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