lt.. bill mathis's p-47d "joey" repaint for a2a wo

Lt. William H. Mathis, a native of Nashville, Georgia, was one of the original pilots to fly his P-47 off the deck of an escort aircraft carrier onto Saipan. Mathis flew P-38s previous to receiving the p-47D Thunderbolt and transitioned to a P-47N scoring five victories before the war's end...