P47N Betty Nose Art

[Iceman24]

Betty this is for you...

I was watching the military or history channel last night and there was a show on about the P47N's, I saw 1 flying in a formation and it was called "Betty" had a cool black and white checkered  paint scheme and everything. I tried looking on the net for it but can't find anything on it. If anyone has any pics or knows about the plane I'm talking about we need to get a skin made so Betty can fly her own plane

[38ruk]

I watched the same show , and i didnt see one p47N , when they talked about the N model they showed D model film . I recorded the show and when back through it, From what i saw their wasnt one N in the entire show . Some of the late d models look similar to an N from afar , its the lack of the larger dorsil fin that gives them away as D's   38

[Guppy35]

How bout a B17 from the 91st Bomb Group?

Betty Lou’s Buggy   B17-G-20-BO   42-31579
(in picture)   91st    323rd or 324th    Painted by Tony Starcer

[Guppy35]

Ok she's gonna have to be a P51 pilot.  These are the only ones besides the B17s I've found.

[Iceman24]

lol thats cool there were more planes with Betty's name lol

38 yeah the show was calling them P47N's, I'm no P47 scholar so I wouldn't have known an N from a P model. But reading your post, I think your right, I'll try and watch it again this weekend, they usually show re-runs on weekends, but I know I saw a P47 that said Betty on it, Its cool theres all those B17's and P51's with her name on it lol I'm sure she would rather have a pony anyways

[Fencer51]

Originally posted by Iceman24
Betty this is for you...

I was watching the military or history channel last night and there was a show on about the P47N's, I saw 1 flying in a formation and it was called "Betty" had a cool black and white checkered  paint scheme and everything. I tried looking on the net for it but can't find anything on it. If anyone has any pics or knows about the plane I'm talking about we need to get a skin made so Betty can fly her own plane

Was it a black and white checkered nose?  And if so was it bubbletop or razorback?

[Iceman24]

it was black and white checkered... Not sure about the bubbletop though, I'll have to watch it again

[38ruk]

Originally posted by Iceman24
lol thats cool there were more planes with Betty's name lol

38 yeah the show was calling them P47N's, I'm no P47 scholar so I wouldn't have known an N from a P model. But reading your post, I think your right, I'll try and watch it again this weekend, they usually show re-runs on weekends, but I know I saw a P47 that said Betty on it, Its cool theres all those B17's and P51's with her name on it lol I'm sure she would rather have a pony anyways

Hey Ice i can take a look threw it later today and try to find the betty jug. I should be able to get a good idea what model it was and research it . 38

[Guppy35]

If it's black and white checked it's 78th FG.  I wonder if it's yellow and black diamond checked though.  That would make it 353rd FG.

Both 8th AF flying out of England.

[Fencer51]

Yeah I checked the littlefriends data base and no mention of a "betty" P-47 in the 78th and I ran the 353rd as well and only Betty was the P-51 you posted above.

I will try and watch for that program and dvr it and see if I can catch the AC codes or SN.

[Iceman24]

it was all black and white footage, but from the shades it looked white and black checkered, as I said I just caught a glimpse of it flying in formation and they kinda zoomed the camera in on that flight and I could see it clearly. it looked black and white from my point of view

[Fencer51]

Ok its on the Military Channel at 1:00pm Eastern this Sunday.

Show Link

[Iceman24]

thanks Fencer I couldn't remember if I was watching the Discovery / History / or Military channel LOL My t.v. is always on 1 of those channels and I never remember which LOL