Spinners

De Havilland Vulture F.2 - No.111 Squadron, RAF Fighter Command, 1967

Douglas Skyhawk S.1 - 801 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy, 1966 Template Credit: Nyghtfall

Douglas Skyhawk S.1 - 801 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy, 1966

Northrop Newark B.2 - No.9 Squadron, RAF Pacific Command, 1948

Wielding the Big Stick... to little old Paran

Douglas F2D-2 Dagger - VF-2 'Flying Chiefs', US Navy, 1941

North American Mustang Mk.IV - No.183 Squadron, RAF Pacific Command, 1946

Tiger Force Cranberry

Well, that doesn't rule out FU C and FU K. I wonder if No.453 Sqd RAAF used those combo's? But then again, Aussie's don't swear... (ducks for cover)

Supermarine Spitfire F.Mk.24 - No. 453 Royal Australian Air Force, RAF Pacific Command, 1947 There is a little problem here as by May 1945 it was deemed that Okinawa did not need air defence. The two RAF Tempest squadrons that were being prepared for Tiger Force were for escort duties (an odd choice with Mustangs available).

Vickers Valiant B.1 (FE) - No.35 Squadron, RAF Pacific Command, 1954

Sweet! I was looking for that exact magazine on eBay this weekend. Thanks!

Yes but Russo has a P-47N here also.

Republic Aviation Thunderbolt FB.4 - No.273 Squadron, RAF Pacific Command, 1947 Skin Credit: File 404 & Charles

Douglas Davenport B.1 - No.97 Squadron, RAF Pacific Command, 1947

Convair Columbia B.1 - No.83 Squadron, Royal Air Force, 1948

Lancaster Assembly Ship!

MiG-15bis - Fighter Leaders School, Parani Air Force, 1959

The scheme is based on real world RAF P-47D Thunderbolts with No.73 OTU and this unit used both Razorback and Bubbletop Jugs whilst based in Egypt and wore standard ETO camo.

Vought Corsair - No.73 Operational Training Unit, RAF Middle East Command, 1944

Republic P-47B Thunderbolt - No.8 Squadron, Royal Dhimari Air Force, 1943

Love it and love the name too

Republic P-47B Thunderbolt - 46th Pursuit Squadron, 15th Pursuit Group, United States Army Air Corps, 1941

P-47 at Pearl Harbor!

Republic P-43A-2 Lancer - No.1 Squadron, Royal Dhimari Air Force, 1942 Delays with the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engine intended for the new P-47 Thunderbolt meant that orders were placed for an additional 200 P-43 Lancer fighter aircraft in order to keep the Republic production lines operating whilst waiting for P-47 production to start. Of this additional batch of 200 P-43 Lancers, 54 P-43's were allocated to the USAAC, 125 P-43A-1s were allocated to China (under the lend-lease program) with the balance of 21 aircraft being allocated to Dhimar as P-43A-2's. These were eagerly received by a desperate Royal Dhimari Air Force who wasted no time in re-equipping No.1 Squadron during the Spring of 1942 and also the High-Altitude Reconnaissance Flight where the P-43's excellent high-altitude performance enabled it to regularly fly above 40,000ft. In Dhimari service, the Lancer was well regarded and this led Royal Dhimari Air Force officials to push for P-47 Thunderbolts in preference to other types of fighter. Skin Credit: Charles