G-THUN, flown here by Stuart Goldspink, has been finished in the colours of a 492nd FS P-47D, operating from Station 347 Ibsley at the time of the Normandy invasion. The 48th FG moved to the bridgehead on 18th June to strip A-4 near Deux-Jumeaux.
The red band on the cowling and red rudder identified the aircraft of the 492nd FS. The colours for the other two units of the 48th FG were blue (493rd FS) and the 494th FS: yellow.
Back in UK skies is former TFC Thunderbolt G-THUN / NX47DD, now in the markings of P-47D-40-RA 45-49192 'Nellie', 492 FS, 48 FG as based at RAF Ibsley in Hampshire. G-THUN made her first flight from Sywell on 4 May 2018 in the hands of Pete Kynsey.