Denie Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 Hi all I remember someone on this board needing confirmation about the US insignia with the yellow surround on P47's. I have found a pic for the P47C of the 62nd/56th Fighter Group Halesworth England. Denie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisS Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 One more note. From the yellow surrounds, the nats were changed to winged with a red outline, and then winged with no outline. The placement of the nats on the fuselage was also changed a few times in the ETO. If anyone is curious I have too many t-bolt referances and can bend an ear good if asked to Cheers~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 Hi Chris: Bend mine. My ear, I mean. What would you suggest for the basic P-47 fan to have in his library? -Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisS Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 If you've decided on a Razorback from ETO (and there are a lot of great looking MTO and PTO birds), and are only going to have a single Jug, then a 56th FG bird is essential. OD over Grey with the white ID bands like the ones above. However for nat insigs I'd suggest the red-surounded winged, or the plain winged insignias like below. Reason being is this is the "era" when the t-bolts took on the best the LW had to offer and beat them soundly over a 12-15 month period. These markings just scream "underdog" to me. Just like the schemes on the BoB Hurris and Spits, they just have an attachment to going up against the odds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LSP_Mike Posted January 25, 2004 Share Posted January 25, 2004 Chris , guess that explains the jug in your collection, which is, I think, a classic WWII image; tough days ,tough men. oh yeah- they won! mike in calif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted January 25, 2004 Share Posted January 25, 2004 You hit the nail on the head, Chris. So many people claim that it was the Mustang broke the back of the Luftwaffe. It was the P-47s in 1943 through the first half of 1944 and the development of the needed stratagies and tactics that led to the defeat an air-to-air enemy. Not enough is written about those tactics. Hub Zemke, in my opinion, was just as good a tactician and leader than any of the generals that got all the publicity. If the earlier P-47s had the range to go to Berlin and back like the later models, there wouldn't have been much need for the Mustang. I'm a Thunderbolt and 56th Fighter Group fan, can you tell? My late father-in-law, in the 1950s, was with the 61st and 62nd Fighter Interceptor squadrons, doing ordnance. -Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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