Thunderbolt!

[HawkerTempest5]

Duxford, summer 1944

P-47D Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group USAAF, prepare for a seek and destroy mission in occupied France.

Heavy with fuel and ammo, the 82nd gets airborne.

82nd on the prowl.

An enemy airfield makes for a juicy target!

The business end! A spot of strafing.

The defenders scramble and it all kicks off.


A classic dogfight.

With no ammo left and only fumes in the tank, the sight of Duxford is a very welcome one indeed.

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

[ozzy72]

Looks like you had a lot of fun in that there Jug Roger.

Mark

[Rifleman]

too bad that they keep a hard runway for you in1944....I seem to remember pics of grass air-"fields"  ::)

[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  

[HawkerTempest5]

[quote]Well your welcome!

[ozzy72]

Ken they were called Aerodromes back in those days

[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 (no one notices, i never show the runways... ) anyway thats a great jug!!! is that a repaint of Kristof Malinowsky's (spelling please???)

[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 (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.

[Threadkiller]

k, thanx

[swanny338]

i love the screenshots. and the plane looks great

[Fly2e]

Hawker,
Great pictures!
The captions make for an interesting story!
NICE!!
Dave  

[HawkerTempest5]

Thanks for all the comments guys. It may be getting old, but CFS2 still rocks