Spinners Posted September 13, 2015 Posted September 13, 2015 Republic Aviation P-47N Tiếng sấm sét - North Vietnam Air Force, 1955 The Viet Minh artillery attacks against the French airbase at Dien Bien Phu on March 16th, 1954 resulted in the destruction of six French F8F Bearcats , five MS.500's and two helicopters. In addition, several French P-47N Thunderbolts, F6F Hellcats, SB2C Helldivers and PB4Y Privateers were damaged and could not be flown out. This setback was immediately compound by a failed air-drop to help sustain the besieged French garrison and before long the Viet Minh insurgents had overrun the garrison despite a very brave defence by the French forces. Immediately following the Geneva Conference of July 1954, which recognised the 17th parallel as being a provisional military demarcation line dividing the country into two zones, North Vietnam soon started the development of military aviation in the new Communist state by sending a number of trainees to the USSR and China for pilot training and aircraft maintenance training. In September 1954, Vice-Premier Phạm Văn Đồng ordered the immediate formation of the North Vietnam Air Force mainly using aircraft left behind by the retreating French forces but soon bolstered by equipment from the Soviet Union. Sufficient P-47N's were scraped together to form the 921st Fighter Regiment based at Thanh Hoá Air Base who were declared operational in February 1955. Russo's sweet P-47N! 8 Quote
+ext Posted September 13, 2015 Posted September 13, 2015 Very nice !!! Any chance of uploading this one? Quote
Spinners Posted September 13, 2015 Author Posted September 13, 2015 Can't see a problem with that. Look out for it during the week ahead. Quote
Nyghtfall Posted September 13, 2015 Posted September 13, 2015 That camouflage really fits the plane! Nice work. Quote
+Stary Posted September 15, 2015 Posted September 15, 2015 also just an idea, akin to later period IJA camo, remove the grey-blue and show bare metal underneath? Would come closer to the Nam period Mig camo that way Quote
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