[PappyB]

Got this a little while a go during a FM T-bolt binge... always liked this scheme and its become a bit HTF. FM catalog #: B11B293

[Cruver Collecter]

Good looking nose art on that one.

[theodore]

Nice pics there, Pappy!! I might be in the minority here, but the 'Jug' is my favorite WW2 aircraft of the USAAF!!

[mustangdriver]

"If you wanted to get a picture of yourself on the wing of your plane to show your girl back home what a cool fighter pilot you were, go stand on a P-51 or a Spitfire. But if you were going on a mission, you'd better damned well pray that you were in a P-47." That was from a random P-47 vet I met in the NMUSAF.

[theodore]

Originally Posted by mustangdriver

"If you wanted to get a picture of yourself on the wing of your plane to show your girl back home what a cool fighter pilot you were, go stand on a P-51 or a Spitfire. But if you were going on a mission, you'd better damned well pray that you were in a P-47." That was from a random P-47 vet I met in the NMUSAF.

How true, how true!! The T-bolt might not have been a pretty bird, but it gave you the best chance of surviving combat because of 3 huge advantages: it could out-dive any aircraft of WW2, including the Me-262 (which 'bled off' speed while in a dive, climbing, or turning), it could absorb an amazing amount of damage and still remain aloft, and its 8 .50 cals could obliterate an enemy fighter with a 2 second burst!!

[swoop]

Originally Posted by PappyB

Got this a little while a go during a FM T-bolt binge... always liked this scheme and its become a bit HTF. FM catalog #: B11B293

THANKS!!!! PAPPY, you just put tamptation in my way.

[Cruver Collecter]

Originally Posted by theodore

How true, how true!! The T-bolt might not have been a pretty bird, but it gave you the best chance of surviving combat because of 3 huge advantages: it could out-dive any aircraft of WW2, including the Me-262 (which 'bled off' speed while in a dive, climbing, or turning), it could absorb an amazing amount of damage and still remain aloft, and its 8 .50 cals could obliterate an enemy fighter with a 2 second burst!!

That and the two top scoring Amercan aces in Europe were P-47 drivers.