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Description
| Notes: Air superiority fighter with fixed wing and tricycle landing gear. Turbofan engines mounted in the aft fuselage section (1 CREW) . | ||
| Manufacturer: | Northrop | |
| Base model: | F-15 | |
| Designation: | F-15 | |
| Version: | A | |
| Nickname: | Reporter | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1930-1947 | |
| Basic role: | Photographic | |
Specifications
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Recent comments by our visitors
| Norm Gillespie Ajijic, Jalisco Mexico not really T, TX |
In 1947 and 1948, I was in the Army Air Corp stationed at what was then known as Johnson Field a few miles west of Tokyo, Japan. In addition to three P-51 squadrons. we had a squadron of F-15As that we thought were busy photographing Korea. The F-15As made a loud screeching sound when they flew over in preparation for landing. The noise was probably due to some vertical reeds protruding in the engine air intake. I never knew why those reeds were there unless it was just to notify anyone within earshot that they were in the air. I would appreciate any more information about that squadron in those days. After many years in Mass, Illinois and California, in 1999 we moved to the middle of Mexico on the north shore of Lake Chapala where we have wonderful weather all year round and we are 45 minutes from an international airport so we can go anywhere in the world from here.. Norm Gillespie 12/29/2007 @ 13:59 [ref: 19083] |
| Norm Gillespie Ajijic, Jalisco Mexico not really T, TX |
In 1947 and 1948, I was in the Army Air Corp stationed at what was then known as Johnson Field a few miles west of Tokyo, Japan. In addition to three P-51 squadrons. we had a squadron of F-15As that we thought were busy photographing Korea. The F-15As made a loud screeching sound when they flew over in preparation for landing. The noise was probably due to some vertical reeds protruding in the engine air intake. I never knew why those reeds were there unless it was just to notify anyone within earshot that they were in the air. I would appreciate any more information about that squadron in those days. After many years in Mass, Illinois and California, in 1999 we moved to the middle of Mexico on the north shore of Lake Chapala where we have wonderful weather all year round and we are 45 minutes from an international airport so we can go anywhere in the world from here.. Norm Gillespie 12/29/2007 @ 13:58 [ref: 19082] |
| Jeff Kolln Yelm, WA | If anyone is interested I am doing a book on the P-61/F-15 for Specialty Press. Has to be in by Jan/08. Love to hear from anyone associate with them. 06/30/2007 @ 12:49 [ref: 16993] |
| clancy willis richmond, VA | Yes there was an F-15. The 8th Photo recon squadron had most of the 36 that were built. WE couldn't get parts. We refered to them as screaming s--- houses, because of their super chargers. Those R-2800 engines could be heard for miles. We mapped the Batam Death march route, Korea and most of the far east. The 8th Photo Recon. Squadron returned to the states as a unit. 11/21/2006 @ 18:35 [ref: 14808] |
| Max Alexander Bloomingburg, OH | The P-61E was concieved as a long range escort for the invasion of Japan, but was beat out by the P-82 twin mustang. The 61 retained the 4 20MM canon, the radar dish was removed from the nose and replaced by 50cal. machine guns.The canopy was the longest ever produced at that time, something on the order of 13Feet. Since it was not accepted as a fighter it was further modified in that the guns were removed and photographic equipment was installed in the nose section. If I rember right there were aproximately 32 of the now renamed F-15 Recorder aircraft built to serve as photo aircraft. These aircraft were the first to photograph Korean teratory as the war ran to the close. 07/15/2005 @ 11:52 [ref: 10762] |
| Michael J. Runkle , TN | Boy, is THIS website out in left field! An F-15A Reporter - air superiority fighter? Turbofan engines???? 1 crew? 06/13/2005 @ 16:54 [ref: 10470] |
| Don Sproule , KY | I think the notes about the aft mounted turbo-fan is ref to the A-9, which lost out to the A-10. 07/30/2004 @ 00:11 [ref: 7938] |
| Don Sproule Lexington, KY | The F-15 had a crew of two, and was a mod of the two XP-61E's, which were long range escort fighters built to the same USAAF specs as the P-82. The '61E and the F-15 shared the same basic center pod, i.e. a slim, two place, bubble canopy, but other than that, they were P-61's. The 61E had the 20mm cannon removed from the belly, and had 4 .50's in the nose. The two E's had two different arrangements of the guns, one had them staggered, the other's were straight. I had the privilege of climbing all over the last F-15 at Fresno, Cal. in 1968. It was being used as a Borate bomber by ( I believe) Cal-Nat Airways. It crashed and burned a couple of months later while fighting a forest fire near Hollister, Cal. There is a P-61 at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum near Reading, Pa., that they pulled off a mountain in New Guinea a few years ago, and they hope to restore it to flying, I sure hope so. I love the sound of round engines, especially if they say Pratt Whiskey up front. I have a lot of hours behind Pratts, and the R-2800 is the finest large round engine ever built, bar none. The best kept secret in Kentucky is that we have an aviation museum here in Lexington. "aviationky.org" Anyone else out there as much a P-61/F-15 freak as I am, give me a holler. (no, I am not a native Kentuckian, I was born and raised in Imperial Valley, Calif. Don Sproule donsprl@aol.com 07/29/2004 @ 23:56 [ref: 7937] |
| Bogdan ATAMAN Warsaw, OTH | Aircraft with serial number 43-8335 on it's tail is the Norhtrop XF-15 A Reporter.
Greetings from Poland Bogdan 04/25/2004 @ 10:34 [ref: 7289] |
| Joe Greytak Medina, OH | The description of the Northrup F-15 has an error. The Northrup F-15 "Reporter" is an old designation (F-15)before the new and current designation system. In the '40s and '50s "F" stood for Photo; today it stands for Fighter! The Northrup F-15 "Reporter" was a highly modified P-61E converted for aerial photography. The top turret was removed and the pilot, gunner, and radar operator positions were replaced with a bubble canopy. It retained its 2 radial engines, not a single turbojet as the described here - that's the current F-15 "Eagle", not the "Black Widow." 07/13/2002 @ 11:51 [ref: 5302] |
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