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P-47D-27-RE Thunderbolt #605, "OH JOHNNIE".531 viewsThis P-47D was assigned to pilot Lt. Raymond Knight, 346th Fighter Squadron, 350th Fighter Group, 12th Air Force in April 1945. The aircraft was named after his wife. They were from Houston, TX.
This P-47D was originally with the Brazilian Air Force operating in Italy with the US 12th Air Force as were many of these aircraft flown by the 350th Fighter Group. The Brazilian Air Force usually assigned letters and numbers on their cowlings. The USAAF added a number just aft of the cowling. Often, our numbers were converted Brazilian style letters. Hence, our zeros looked like the letter D, eights looked like the letter B and so on. The irregular placement and style of these numbers was typical fo the 350th Fighter Group.
In April of 1945, Lt. Knight led several low level strafing attacks against airfields in northern Italy. During the attack on Ghedi airfield, he went in alone to find the location of the enemy aircraft, drawing heavy fire in the process. He then led his flight in the attack, destroying five aircraft. He returned to base to lead another attack against Bergamo airfield. As before, he went in alone to locate the enemy aircraft, drawing heavy fire. He then led his flight destroying eight aircraft. During this attack, his aircraft was heavily damaged. The next day, he led another attack against Bergamo to destroy the remaining aircraft and again his aircraft was severly damaged. Lt. Knight was killed trying to bring his damaged aircraft home when it crashed in the mountains. For these actions he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Lt. Knight flew 84 missions destroying 24 enemy aircraft before his death.
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P-51D QP-B "Julie"531 viewsP-51D QP-B "Julie" was assigned to pilot Capt. Joe M. Randerson of the 2nd Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group, 306 Fighter Wing, 15th Air Force in Madna, Italy, December 1944.
The aircraft was named after the Crew Chief's sweetheart Miss Julie Curtis who happened to also be the daughter of Major Bob Curtis, the CO of same 2nd Fighter Squadron.
Prior to receiving this assigned aircraft, Capt. Randerson had been shot down in a P-51B Mustang on September 3, 1944. The P-51B was downed by ground fire while he was straffing a locomotive.
Capt. Randerson crashed in a river bed and was severely burned on the arms, legs, and face. He was rescued by two Serbian farmers. He had his burns tended to for two weeks while he was hidden in a barn, and he was eventually smuggled back to Italy and a hospital where he continued his recovery. He continued to fly and completed forty-nine combat missions when the war ended in Europe. He arrived back in Austin on June 19, 1945.
Special thanks to Milton Bell for creating the custom decals for this aircraft.
Bob King presented the model to Capt. Randerson. Joe Dale Morris, Capt. Randerson's nephew and namesake, also attended the presentation at King's Hobby.
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Union Navy USS Monitor Gun Turret529 viewsOOB Verlinden 54mm resin kit.
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T-90 (Zvezda 1/35)521 viewsAdded a set of Trumpeter individual link tracks and a couple of TANK modern Russian tank crew. AK interactive Russian colors used for the finish. The diorama base is made up of Italeri wall gate.
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Dave Edgerly's Tiger I519 viewsClick here to read the feature article on this model.
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P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt, serial number 229336, FT-O519 viewsP-47D-28-RE, FT-O was assigned to pilot Capt. Kenneth H. Dahlberg of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, 9th Airforce, Rosleres en Haye, France, February 1945.
Capt. Dahlberg destroyed 14 enemy aircraft.
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WWII USMC Sherman514 viewsSimple conversion with Tamiya 1/48 M4 and Verlinden USMC Sherman set.
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P-47D-30-RE, serial number 228901, G8-N, "The Eyes of Texas"501 viewsThis P47D was assigned to pilot Capt. Joseph Z. Matte, 378th Fighter Squadron, 362nd Fighter Group, Ninth Air Force, Rennes, France, August 1944.
Capt. Matte finished the war with 7 kills, 1 probable, 1 damaged (all air).He destroyed numerous on the ground with gun-fire and bombs. He flew 99 missions.
Capt. Matte was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Distinguished Flying Cross with one oak leaf cluster, and Air Medal with 18 oak leaf clusters.
He was from Port Arthur, TX.
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British Quad Gun Tractor & 25 Pound Gun (Tamiya 1/35)495 views
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