Skin for KIDD HOFER'S P-51 ??

[Frodo]

Anyone planning on doing a skin of The Kidd's P-51B or P-51D?

Frodo

[Rafe35]

Y'know, I would like to see Ralph Kidd Hofer P-47D of 334th 4FG in 1943, but I dunno if someone can make that skin.

[Frodo]

You mean like this?

I like the P-51D better, but the P-47 would be nice also. Are you sure he flew a D model Jug?

Cheers

Frodo

[Rafe35]

Yeah, that the one.

It's nice to see him fly on P-51D, but he never flow any P-51D and he was KIA in July 1944 near Mostar, Yugoslavia, some 500 kilometers from were he was last seen near Budapest, Hungary.  He flow P-51B with letter/number QP*X and died on his plane.

Yes, He flow P-47D and later, it was lost with another pilot at the controls on December 2, 1943 and probably killed the pilot.

[Frodo]

Yes you are correct Rafe35, he did not fly the P-51D, and did fly the P-47D.

The book " THE LAST OF THE SCREWBALL ACES " by Troy White, is the best reference out there for info. on The Kidd. When he went down near Mostar, he was not flying his assigned a/c, as he would not take his shots needed for the shuttle mission to Russia. Another pilot was flying his assigned a/c. He was able to fly a back-up role, at the last minute, and when no one turned back with problems, he tagged along anyway.

Here are the planes assigned to him according to the book....

P-47C s/n 41-6484, QP-L "The Missouri Kidd-SHO ME "(assigned this a/c in late October or early November of 1943. This a/c crashed on December 2, 1943 killing F/O John P. McNabb)

P-47D s/n unknown QP-L (he flew this from Dec.1943-Feb.1944)

P-51B-5 NA s/n 43-6946, QP-L

P-51B-5 NA s/n 43-6646, QP-L

P-51B-10 s/n 42-106924, QP-L " Salem Representative "


Cheers

Frodo