- P-47D-11 RE, serial 42-75591, pilot Capt John C. Ramsay, 78FG, 82FS, Purple heart award.

- After being instructor, Capt Ramsay flew his first war mission on 12 June 1944. His goal was to fighter bombing the Melun railway yard.
But 8 km after, when he was probably climbing away, his aicraft was put in flammes by a direct hit from an heavy flak. He was able to bail out and was still able to walk but suffering heavy burns especially on his hands.
Hospitalised at Melun then St-Denis, He finaly die on the 16 of June 1944. He is now buried at Epinal military cimetery. He was the father from a one year old daughter.

- Thanks to Mr Claude Foucher eyes witness from the accident and local historian who told me the story, found the aircraft wrecks and is the man at the origin of the commemorative monument.
- Thanks to Benjamin Freudenthal [ http://www.atinternet.com/benjamin/cadravion.htm ], the artist author from the join painting.

_ If any of you know more from Capt Ramsay (like his birth date) please contact me there:

  omenu@wanadoo.fr

NOTE: Like 90% of the P-47 there is two big nationnal markings under the wing to avoid friendly AAA shots, It's not an error ;-)
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This aircraft is a collective work with
 
* HR wing view from the cockpit updated from Col Gibbon with the hook figured on the pitot tube
* new prop updated from Pretzel, little smaller but most important not using P47D file now
* Antenna fix and pitot tube updated from Serb & unmirrored marking updated from Winger69, with especially skinable landing gear doors and a V shaped front nose motor air intake
* new transparent shadow (the default P47c shadow also come from the P47D and so doesn't work if you dont have a P47D in the P47D slot)
* the gunsight is now on the righ part of the cockpit and slightly higher like the real one
* instrument panel fixed from Migge ( no more black pixel cause of color index )

* chekered nose updated from AirBuddha

* The extended green palette is the new one from Von Beerhofen

* The reticule is the US 1943/1944 N-9 gunsight from Paparomeo



Cheers

LLv34_Doc

20 June 2003
