Title: TP-39 or P-39UTI Post by: Massimo Tessitori on April 09, 2008, 11:24:28 PM Hi, :)
I am looking for all informations on two-seater P-39, both illustrations and historical data. It would be interesting to know how many planes were converted in Soviet Union from single-seater to trainer. I have already the images of the books of Geust. Could anyone help me, please? Massimo Title: Re: TP-39 or P-39UTI Post by: Dark Green Man on April 11, 2008, 08:34:55 AM I was not able to find much on them in my sources. there apparently were two versions TP-39F and TP-39Q some were converted here in the States and some in the Soviet Union. also I couldn't find any numbers of those shipped to the USSR or how many were converted there. there are some good drawings here : http://wunderwaffe.narod.ru/Magazine/AirWar/27/Draw/22.jpg http://wunderwaffe.narod.ru/Magazine/AirWar/27/Draw/24.jpg http://wunderwaffe.narod.ru/Magazine/AirWar/27/Draw/28.jpg Title: Re: TP-39 or P-39UTI Post by: Massimo Tessitori on April 11, 2008, 05:58:55 PM Hi DGM,
Thank you. Those drawings are good and distinguish well the 3 known variants. Do you know if the same photos of Red Stars are on other books too? Massimo Title: Re: TP-39 or P-39UTI Post by: Dark Green Man on April 12, 2008, 01:11:07 AM the photo at the bottom of page 69 of Red Stars #1(hardcover) is repeated in TBiU #85 , but not at that level of quality. most of the other stuff I found was on the US versions. Typi Broni i Uzbrojenia #85 has a chart of technical data that has TP-39F and TP-39Q included. Title: Re: TP-39 or P-39UTI Post by: Massimo Tessitori on April 12, 2008, 06:38:30 AM Thank you
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