Corgi AA33825 Republic P-47G-10-CU Thunderbolt United States Army Air Force 42-25068/WZ-D Named Snafu 78th FG, RAF Duxford, England, 1944

Unveiled in 2011 and scheduled to fly for the first time in 2012 P-47G GÇÿSN AFUGÇÖ is set to become the UKGÇÖs only airworthy P47, and one of the very few early GÇÿRazorbackGÇÖ P47s flying anywhere in the world. Built not by Republic but by Curtiss, hence the GÇÿGGÇÖ rather than GÇÿDGÇÖ designation, this aircraft flew with a number of training squadrons across the United States before being struck off from the USAAFGÇÖs inventory in June 1945. Post war it flew as a warbird in the United States before arriving at The Fighter Collection for a fresh restoration to airworthy status. This aircraft is painted in the famous colours of GÇÿSN AFUGÇÖ, a 78th Fighter Group aircraft based at Duxford in 1944 and the aircraft features the distinctive chequer board cowling used by the 78th. The original SN AFU was written off after a wheels-up landing in December 1944.