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Yesterday, KCEF had a "Wings and Wheels" show with several WW2 fighters in attendance. One of which was a P-47. On the side of the fuselage was its "kill" decals, including 20 Nazi flags depicting the aircraft's 20 kills. My question, is would a shot like this be inappropriate to include into the DB because of the swastikas or, would it be alright simply because its a historical depiction.

Unedited shot.

I don't see an issue.

Very cool, I'd say upload it. It's part of history. Also, IT KILLED TRAINS!

I'd say historical, and that even includes pictures of actual nazi aircraft.

Lucas wrote:Also, IT KILLED TRAINS!

5 of them! It's like a one man BNSF

Thanks for the feedback guys. I think i'll clean it up and upload it.

Cadet57 wrote:

Lucas wrote:Also, IT KILLED TRAINS!

5 of them! It's like a one man BNSF

Thanks for the feedback guys. I think i'll clean it up and upload it.

Best line ever! Very astute!

Good call on uploading, too!

Lucas wrote:Very cool, I'd say upload it. It's part of history. Also, IT KILLED TRAINS!

There were also decals for personnel...



Speaking of P-47s, when I was growing up I saw a great vintage documentary on PBS called "Thunderbolt" about a P-47 squadron based on Corsica that conducted raids on the Italian peninsula and it features a lot of color gun-camera footage. If you skip to this part there's a train-strafing sequence:

http://youtu.be/Da_gbVd6nzM?t=24m27s

Love the dead-pan narration!

Here's the whole thing:

Ed would b-line it to the front if it had this on it-

It's sad we live in an era when this question has to be asked, yet no one would give a second thought to a naked maiden depicted in nose art.

Queso wrote:It's sad we live in an era when this question has to be asked, yet no one would give a second thought to a naked maiden depicted in nose art.

I agree. It's part of history, give it an upload.

Wait a minute, was this P-47 in combat before? As I understood, no 'used' planes came back from Europe. All the ones that fly are the ones that never made it over.

I know of several combat veteran of the ETO P-51s that are here in the US.

AndesSMF wrote:Wait a minute, was this P-47 in combat before? As I understood, no 'used' planes came back from Europe. All the ones that fly are the ones that never made it over.

I do not know. My guess is its a replica of a P-47 that saw combat. As I had heard the same as you. That said, I know of a couple WW2 planes at the New England Air Museum that did see combat. So who knows.

miamiair wrote:I know of several combat veteran of the ETO P-51s that are here in the US.

This is what I found out.

While the majority of the earlier versions and war-weary aircraft were quickly scrapped, most of the last production blocks would continue in service with the post-war USAAF and the new USAF. For the next five years, these aircraft would continue as a front-line fighter with the active airforce.