Republic P-47D-27-RE, 379FS 362FG 9th AF, 1/72 Tamiya
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P-47D-27-RE s/n 42-27215 was assigned to the 379th Fighter Squadron, 362nd Fighter Group, 9th Air Force, and was the charge of Lt. Ralph Sallee, who named her "Super Rabbit"
While flying a close air support mission over Bastogne, the day after Christmas 1944, a small flight of the 362nd's P-47s spotted a group of 25 German Fw. 190s at treetop level. Without hesitation, they jettisoned their bombs and dove strait down into the German fighters. In the next hour and twenty minutes a running battle ensued and Sallee claimed two of the eight Fw.190s shot down that day.
Ralph Sallee never forgot the image of one of his adversaries, 40 feet away, slump forward in his cockpit and nose dive into the ground after a burst of .50cal through the canopy. 60 years later, Sallee learned that man to be 29 year old German Lt Heinz Fresia who's remains had then recently been recovered from the crash site.
Our model is Tamiya's excellent 1/72 scale kit.
