Models & History, 1/144 scale, Aircraft, Allied, European Theatre, P-47 Thunderbolt, Small Scale History, USAAF, War-Weary Savior, WW2

May 1944: An old P-47 Razorback armed with lifeboats and smoke markers circles above a ditched B-17 crew – the USAAF Air Sea Rescue unit detachment B of the 65th fighter wing, later known as the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron was born.

1/144 scale, Aircraft, Modelling & Kits, P-47 Thunderbolt, Small Scale History, War-Weary Savior

Painting and weathing a war-weary P-47D Razorback of 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron without decals in 1/144 scale

1/144 scale, Aircraft, Modelling & Kits, P-47 Thunderbolt, War-Weary Savior

Building an 1944 USAAF Air Sea Rescue P-47D Razorback from the 1/144 Eduard/Platz kit and scratch building dinghy packs and smoke markers

P-47 Thunderbolt, 1/144 scale, Aircraft, Modelling & Kits, War-Weary Savior

The top-class P-47D Thunderbolt Razorback and Bubble Top kits from Platz/Eduard in 1/144 scale – Kit review

Aircraft, 1/144 scale, Allied, Models & History, P-47 Thunderbolt, Pacific Theater, USAAF, WW2

Saipan, 1944: Ground personell of 19th Fighter Squadron, 318th Fighter Group, 7th Air Force during gun harmonisation prozess on Republic P-47D-15-RA Thunderbolt 42-23289 “Lady Ruth” – 1/144 scale vignette