[airdave]

Well, I can see why I haven't done a model of this plane yet...
there is just no clear info out there.

We are assuming Fickle Flossy III was part of 391st FS (366th FG)
and yet, theres no mention of her on the 366th website.
They have a section of nose art, and you'd think it would be there, since there are these well known photos.

The other problem is of course verifying the pilot...who we are guessing is James Fogle.

Best I have found so far is a photo of Fickle Flossy (the first?)
which is claimed to be: P-47D-22-RE Thunderbolt (42-26340).
The aircraft is clearly an earlier razorback.

The serial does confirm the P47 version
but does not confirm anything else, there is no information on that aircraft.
And I don't have info on the pilot either.


Fickle Flossy III is obviously the third P47 to be named Fickle Flossy.
That was a common practice.
But it isn't necessarily the same pilot flying her.
Planes are passed along to other pilots who may or may not change the artwork.
Other pilots could have appropriated the name and nose art.

So, I'm back to square one.

We know the plane existed...we have a photo...but I can't verify the serial, or ident, or Pilot, or even the actual Fighter Squadron of Flossy III.

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Here is the razorback named Fickle Flossy of the 366th in Europe? !!
see the attachment
I believe this is the earliest version of Fickle Flossy, before the 366th moved operations to the Pacific theatre.
This complicates things even more.
*I've yet to find a photo of a Fickle Flossy 2.
(The silver aircraft named Fickle Flossy III is definitely of the Pacific theatre)