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Corgi P-47D-5 of the Maj Gerald Johnson, 9th FS/49th FG, Gusap, New Guinea, January 1944 (1:72)

The 9th FS reluctantly gave up its P-38s for P-47s following the attritional Rabaul campaign of late 1943. Although Lightnings were in short supply in the Pacific theater, there were plenty of heavyweight Thunderbolts available, so the unit converted to the Replublic fighter in November 1943. The 9th FS was the only unit within the 49th FG to re-equip with the P-47, and its pilots were not impressed with the big fighter. As if to prove their point, only three aces claimed kills with the fighter, including the squadron’s CO, Maj. Gerald Johnson. He claimed a “Tony” and a “Zeke” with this very aircraft, which bore his command stripes, in December 1943 and January 1944.

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