P-47 Thunderbolt Jet Killer Skin Suggestions

[sevenless]

Hi,

 

just in case we run out of excellent P-47 skins, these are the planes of P-47 pilots who shot down Me 262s. Might be worth a try for you skinners out there:

 

 

1.) P-47D-28 44-19713 Miss Pussy “IV” of Capt   Valmore Beaudrault, 386th   FS/ 365th   FG, A68 Juvincourt, Belgium, October 1944 Despite the Mustang taking over as the USAAF’s premier fighter in the ETO from the summer of 1944 up to VE Day, the first three Me   262s downed by USAAF fighters fell to Thunderbolts. On 2   October 1944, 21-year-old Capt   Valmore J   Beaudrault was leading a flight of P-47s that was bounced by a Me   262. After a chase in and out of clouds, Beaudrault entered a low-level scissors engagement with Oberfeldwebel Hieronymous Lauer from 3./ KG   51 until the wingtip of his Me   262 struck the ground, sending it into a fiery cartwheel. This was the first jet to be shot down by a Ninth Air Force fighter.

Chapis, Stephen; Thomas, Andrew. Allied Jet Killers of World War 2 (Aircraft of the Aces) (Kindle-Positionen1806-1811). Bloomsbury Publishing. Kindle-Version. 

 

2.) P-47D-28 42-28442 of 2Lt   Huie Lamb, 82nd   FS/ 78th   FG, Duxford, October 1944 On 15   October 1944 2Lt   Huie Lamb, flying as wingman to Capt   John I   Brown, spotted an Me   262 near Hanover. Unable to acquire the jet himself, Brown gave Lamb permission to attack it. Lamb activated his fighter’s water injection in the dive, and the P-47 was indicating 525   mph when he levelled out at an altitude of just 100   ft. His opponent, Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel Edgar Junghans of I./ KG   51, made a hard left turn in an attempt to drag Lamb over a nearby airfield in the hope that defending flak batteries would shoot the pursuing American down. Although Lamb’s P-47 did indeed take a number of hits, he stuck to the Me   262 long enough to fire a telling burst into its left engine, which sent it crashing into the ground.

Chapis, Stephen; Thomas, Andrew. Allied Jet Killers of World War 2 (Aircraft of the Aces) (Kindle-Positionen1822-1827). Bloomsbury Publishing. Kindle-Version. 

 

 

3.) P-47M-1 44-21160 “Devastatin Deb” of Maj   George Bostwick and Capt   John Fahringer, 63rd   FS/ 56th   FG, Boxted, March/ April 1945 The P-47M was the fastest piston-engined fighter of World War   2, Republic building just 133 examples – dubbed ‘Sprint’ Thunderbolts and fitted with the Pratt & Whitney R-2800-57 engine rated at 2800   hp with water injection at 32,500   ft – in an attempt to give USAAF pilots a chance of catching the Me   262. The 56th   FG received the first of 108 examples of the ultimate Thunderbolt on 3   January 1945. Although the M-model proved mechanically challenging in service, 44-21160 showed its effectiveness by shooting down two Me   262s. The first was claimed on 25   March 1945 when Maj   George E   Bostwick ‘made ace’ when he shot down a jet that was attempting to land at Parchim airfield. On 5   April, an Me   262 pilot made the fatal mistake of getting into a turning fight with Capt   John C   Fahringer, who quickly despatched the jet, forcing the pilot to bail out. This was Fahringer’s fourth, and final, victory of the war.

Chapis, Stephen; Thomas, Andrew. Allied Jet Killers of World War 2 (Aircraft of the Aces) (Kindle-Positionen1927-1933). Bloomsbury Publishing. Kindle-Version. 

 

4.) P-47D-28 42-28453 The Irish Shillalah of 1Lt   James Finnegan, 10th   FS/ 50th   FG, Y90 Giebelstadt, Germany, April 1945 On 25   April 1945 American and French B-26s were heading into southern Germany, escorted by P-47s, when they were subjected to a devastating attacked by five Me   262s from JV   44 that were being led by unit CO, Generalleutnant Adolf Galland. As he attacked the Marauders, Galland’s fighter was hit by a burst of defensive fire from TSgt   Henry Dietz, a waist gunner on board Capt   Gunther Gurkin’s B-26 from the 34th   BS/ 17th   BG. From above, 1Lt   James E   Finnegan saw the jets and immediately pursued Galland’s ailing Me   262, firing two well aimed bursts that finished the fighter off. Depite being wounded, Galland managed to belly land his jet back at Munich-Riem airfield.

Chapis, Stephen; Thomas, Andrew. Allied Jet Killers of World War 2 (Aircraft of the Aces) (Kindle-Positionen1951-1954). Bloomsbury Publishing. Kindle-Version. 

Edited November 29, 2018 by sevenless

[JGr2/J5_W0LF-]

I’ll try a couple of them

[-EAGLE-Shifter]

Great work Bugsy!

[JGr2/J5_W0LF-]

2 hours ago, sevenless said:

Hey Guys

ill do these tonight and post them by tomorrow night. Just an FYI

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Talon_]

I took care of Devastatin' Deb this evening:

 

 

 

[sevenless]

12 minutes ago, Talon_ said:

I took care of Devastatin' Deb this evening:

 

Fantastic work. Many Thanks.

[JGr2/J5_W0LF-]

Nice work talon

[JGr2/J5_W0LF-]

OK Gents head over to the P-47 thread that Spektre started to get this...

 

[JGr2/J5_W0LF-]

OK 2nd Jet killer skin is up for download in P-47 Thread..?

[sevenless]

Great work Bugsy!