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Thunderbolt!

PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 8:58 am
by HawkerTempest5
Duxford, summer 1944
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P-47D Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group USAAF, prepare for a seek and destroy mission in occupied France.
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Heavy with fuel and ammo, the 82nd gets airborne.
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82nd on the prowl.
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An enemy airfield makes for a juicy target!
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The business end! A spot of strafing.
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The defenders scramble and it all kicks off.
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A classic dogfight.
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With no ammo left and only fumes in the tank, the sight of Duxford is a very welcome one indeed.
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Now, the ground crew need to patch her up before another big day tomorrow.

Thanks to Sock for reminding me how great this plane is ;)

Re: Thunderbolt!

PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 9:44 am
by ozzy72
Looks like you had a lot of fun in that there Jug Roger.

Mark ;)

Re: Thunderbolt!

PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 10:35 am
by Rifleman
too bad that they keep a hard runway for you in1944....I seem to remember pics of grass air-"fields"  ::)

Re: Thunderbolt!

PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 10:54 am
by Sock
Well your welcome!  I'll get the rest of those pics up Sunday night or Monday morning.  Great shots of a great plane.  Did you get that Fokker?

Sock   ;D

Re: Thunderbolt!

PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 4:01 pm
by HawkerTempest5
[quote]Well your welcome!

Re: Thunderbolt!

PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 4:50 pm
by ozzy72
Ken they were called Aerodromes back in those days ;) ;D

Re: Thunderbolt!

PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 6:49 pm
by Threadkiller
awesome pix! where did u get the scenery??? i want some descent british airfields for the CFS2, all my european shots are taken over Spanish Civil War fields :P (no one notices, i never show the runways... ::) ) anyway thats a great jug!!! is that a repaint of Kristof Malinowsky's (spelling please???)

Re: Thunderbolt!

PostPosted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 5:02 am
by HawkerTempest5
awesome pix! where did u get the scenery??? i want some descent british airfields for the CFS2, all my european shots are taken over Spanish Civil War fields :P (no one notices, i never show the runways... ::) ) anyway thats a great jug!!! is that a repaint of Kristof Malinowsky's (spelling please???)


Thanks pal, glad you like them. The plane is one of the K M Thunderbolts (one of three in the collection called KM_P-47_Pack_4-6_DP). All the scenery is from here at Sim V. The Duxford set is the GZR Duxford scenery. It's quite old now, but it still looks great and is easy to install.

Re: Thunderbolt!

PostPosted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 3:20 pm
by Threadkiller
k, thanx :)

Re: Thunderbolt!

PostPosted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 6:43 pm
by swanny338
i love the screenshots. and the plane looks great

Re: Thunderbolt!

PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 7:48 am
by Fly2e
Hawker,
Great pictures!
The captions make for an interesting story!
NICE!!
Dave   8)

Re: Thunderbolt!

PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 1:12 pm
by HawkerTempest5
Thanks for all the comments guys. It may be getting old, but CFS2 still rocks ;D