WOW729 P-47 Thunderbolt Fred Christensen

Description

WOW729 Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
Captain Fred J. Christensen, Jr.  (October 17, 1921 – April 4, 2006)
62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group “Zemke’s Wolfpack,”.

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt “Miss Fire” (sometimes misidentified or searched as “Miss Fine”) refers to a famous aircraft flown by Captain Fred J. Christensen, Jr. in the European Theatre of Operations during World War II. The plane was officially named Rozzie Geth II, but often referred to as “Miss Fire”. Christensen scored 21.5 aerial kills in the European Theatre, many of them in Rozzie Geth II, ranking him as one of the top Republic P-47 Thunderbolt aces of the war.  He became “Ace in a Day, On July 7, 1944, while escorting B-17 bombers over Germany, he set a record by shooting down six Junkers Ju 52 transport planes in less than two minutes.  His honours included the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Air Medal.

The Legend of Sinbad.  Christensen was well known for adopting a stray black cat named Sinbad while stationed in England. He reportedly carried Sinbad in the cockpit of his P-47 on combat missions as a good-luck charm, eventually bringing the cat home to the United States as a pet after his tour. As it so happened, Sinbad turned out to be a girl and had several litters on her return to the USA!

We have 3 each of these 1/30 scale models available priced at $750 plus postage, receive a 10% Club discount, taking the price down to around $675 plus postage when you insert ‘discount’ into the coupon code box at checkout. 

The figures and accessories shown are for scale comparison purposes only and are not included with the model.