I musta missed original story about the P-47D-30... here's what I found about it:
Aces High's P-47D-30-RE, D3*V was flown by Lt. George McWilliams, 397FS of the 368FG. A color photo of this plane in flight (sometime in 1946) can be seen in Warren Bodies
Thunderbolt: From Seversky to Victory on p.178.
The 368th FG was a 9th AF unit, the first ashore and operating from the Normandy beachhead. 9th AF jugs were used almost exclusively in ground support role, and few aces were made, as German fighters were rarely encountered. In searching a little more info about the origin of our jugs paintjob, I came across this interesting page, which has a painting of a 397th Jug (not McWilliams) fighting two 109s along with a cool description of the battle:
http://www.aviationsaccess.com/denardo/p-47.htm Can somebody shed some light on why this particular jug's paint scheme should be chosen? I was unable to find additional material on Lt. McWilliams. If indeed this paint scheme is
post-war I believe the D-30 should be changed to some paint scheme actually used in wartime.
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Sanchohttp://www.jump.net/~cs3" TARGET=_blank>63rd FS, 56th FG
"Zemke's Wolfpack"
Aerial combat isn't half of what it is shown to be in the movies... the combat usually takes place at a hell of a speed - the enemy aeroplane is only seen for a few seconds.--Bud Mahurin[This message has been edited by Sancho (edited 03-12-2001).]
