P47C, 332nd Fighter Group, Tuskegee Airmen
Skin by Art Flores, Fall 2007
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P47C Project for Badair
- Version 2
The 99th Fighter Squadron which had already distinguished itself over North Africa, Sicily, and Anzio, was joined with three more black squadrons; the 100th , the 301st,and the 302nd to be designated as the 332nd Fighter Group. Notes: I moved in the yellow
stripes on the wings closer to the fuse. Also, I used the profile
provided by Ebola and added an olive back on top of the fuse. See the
Reverence photo below my screenshots.
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 There's a great biography of Gwynn by his son, Scot at this website, don't miss it. Here is the pilot face in the cockpit of my "Tuskegee Airmen" skin:   Controversy: "They never lost a bomber." (That last
claim, which circulated for years, was eventually discredited. The
332nd lost 25 bombers.)
At least 25 bombers being escorted by the Tuskegee Airmen over Europe during World War II were shot down by enemy aircraft, according to a new Air Force report. The report contradicts the legend that the famed black aviators never lost a plane to fire from enemy aircraft. But historian William Holton said the discovery of lost bombers doesn't tarnish the unit's record. "It's impossible not to lose bombers," said Holton, national historian for Tuskegee Airmen Inc. The report released March 28, 2007 was based on after-mission reports filed by both the bomber units and Tuskegee fighter groups, as well as missing air crew records and witness testimony, said Daniel Haulman, a historian at the Air Force Historical Research Agency at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery. The tally includes only cases where planes were shot down by enemy aircraft, Haulman said. No one disputed the airmen lost some planes to anti-aircraft guns and other fire from the ground. The 25 planes were shot down on five days: June 9, July 12, July 18 and July 20, 1944 and March 24, 1945, the Montgomery Advertiser reported. I'm quoting the above from another website: http://www.acepilots.com/usaaf_tusk.html I'm no expert, by far, but what I get the feeling is that some folks have been badmouthing the Tuskegee Airmen unjustly. If you don't count the planes lost due to FLAK, then WTF! That sounds like they're batting .400 in my ballpark! |
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Version 2  I'm going to go ahead and make 2 versions of this plane. I'll probably submit only one to PDC (unless they let me submit both). |
 Note the olive area on top of fuse on this photo. I reduced the size on the photos below to better match the Reference profile. |
 If anyone has seen a profile or some
images of a plane called: "Ruthless Ruthie", contact me right away.
There's a Portuguese website that has a skin of a plane flown by:
Lloyd Hathcock
P-47D-16 "Ruthless Ruthie / Lady Janie VI" flown by Lloyd Hathcock of the Tuskegee Airmen, after being used by the 325th. Their notorious red tail was painted over the checker pattern of the Checkertail Clan, adding also their trademark yellow bands on the wings. Hathcock got lost on a mission and landed at Rome, where he and his plane were captured. The P-47 ended up as "8 + 6" in German hands. Help me out here folks! This looks like some promising new skin! |
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Compare my profile to the Reference photo below  |
REFERENCE PICTURES - Version 2 (olive-top) |
| Thanks to EBOLA for this image:  |
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