Based on Republic P-47D-22-RE Thunderbolt, serial number 42-26057, assigned to the 56th FG, 63rd FS and based at Boxted. This skin was a request by Devil505.
Piloted by 2/Lt Elwood D Raymond. Raymond was killed in action during the worst day of the 56th Fighter Group, September 18th, 1944. During a mission in support of the operation Market Garden, in Arnhem, Netherlands, sixteen pilots failed to return. Raymond's Thunderbolt had been damaged by flak and crashed in mud flats at Bridgewick, 4 miles E of Southminster, Essex. For this mission, the 56th Fighter Group was awarded its second Distinguished Unit Citation. Raymond was awarded with the American Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Purple Heart.
