Today, 16:30
That is a classic photo! For me, I think 'Little Demon' will always be my favorite razorback P-47 paint scheme. When I was a kid, that was the most iconic P-47. Everything about it just looked right, with the right shades/hues of olive drab and neutral gray, flat paint, the cool nose art, white cowl ring/tail ID bands, red-outlined mid-'43 insignias, and the greasy/fuel-covered underbelly drop tank. That was back when the late Ray Stutsman owned and flew it, here in the US. Years later it was sold to Doug Arnold in the UK where it was placed into storage until it was sold to The Fighter Collection at Duxford, which performed a complete ground-up restoration on the airframe. Following that restoration, completed in 2012, it was painted as 'Snafu' (which became quite popular, though I feel...