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Title: P-47D11 348thFG 342ndFS "Sylvia / Racine Belle"
Post by: oboe on April 20, 2024, 06:02:44 PM

Flown by seven-victory ace Capt Marvin E. Grant of the 342nd FS/348th FG Leyte, November 1944.   Aircraft is bare metal with a red-bordered white racing stripe running down the length of both sides of the fuselage.  The cowl is apparently a replacement part, probably scavenged from an earlier olive drab over grey Thunderbolt -  likely so the pilot could bring along his old nose art to his newly assigned mount.

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(https://i.imgur.com/VfYWOJZ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/mVTw6wG.jpg)

I'm intending to submit this skin as an adoption to replace one of the duplicate 49th FG "83" P-47D11 skins.  Both the 348th and 49th served in the PTO, so its a Pacific Thunderbolt replacing another Pacific Thunderbolt.

Title: Re: P-47D11 348thFG 342ndFS "Sylvia / Racine Belle"
Post by: Devil 505 on April 20, 2024, 07:46:31 PM

Very nice.

Title: Re: P-47D11 348thFG 342ndFS "Sylvia / Racine Belle"
Post by: lyric1 on April 20, 2024, 10:47:27 PM

 :aok

Title: Re: P-47D11 348thFG 342ndFS "Sylvia / Racine Belle"
Post by: Vraciu on April 20, 2024, 10:58:25 PM

Nice job.

Title: Re: P-47D11 348thFG 342ndFS "Sylvia / Racine Belle"
Post by: Banshee7 on April 20, 2024, 11:03:54 PM

Oh I like that!!

Title: Re: P-47D11 348thFG 342ndFS "Sylvia / Racine Belle"
Post by: Greebo on April 21, 2024, 01:32:12 AM

Very nice skin Oboe, great work.