Markings for two Thunderbolts of the 56th Fighter Group from the English bases of Halesworth and Boxted, 1944.
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The Republic P-47D weighed over four and a half tons empty and at the time it came about it was the heaviest single-engine fighter aircraft in the service of the United States. A radial engine with a turbocharger gave it performance at great altitude that few could match, and eight 12.7 mm machine guns made it an effective attack machine as well. It was with this aircraft that the 56th Fighter Group earned the nickname it is known by to this day.
The sheet covers two aircraft of this group:
The difference between the two machines is not only in the letters. Between the D-11 and D-22 versions the propeller changed on this type, and with it the whole silhouette of the nose, so a pair on one sheet in fact offers two different building tasks. The move of the group from Halesworth to Boxted in the spring of 1944 did not change the unit markings.
The two English airfields on the sheet are just under thirty kilometers apart. Moves between them were part of the ordinary running of escort groups, whose area of operations changed according to where the formations of heavy bombers were heading. On the aircraft this showed mainly in the degree of maintenance rather than in any change of insignia.
Recommendation: the glossy metal surface that these machines often carried is demanding for a decal. A degreased and perfectly smooth surface matters more here than on camouflaged aircraft, because every irregularity shows through the thin film.
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