re: Vader’s Model Desk: Republic P-47D Thunderbolt

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P-38 pilots had it easier, —except they had to keep up with 2 engines. Tricky plane to fly. But so cool looking.

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The Highest scoring American ace of the war flew the P-38.

Major Richard “Dick” Bong…


He died the same day we dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. But it didn’t happen in combat. He’d rotated back to the states and assigned as a test pilot at Lockheed. He was conducting a test flight on the new P-80 jet fighter and crashed on takeoff.