Republic F-47D-40-RA 45-49329 88th Air Base Wing Wright Field Airspace Intercept including the Pacific Surfliner

including the Pacific Surfliner

EMD selected this unit as the testbed and prototype for the GP40

with the kitchen and service areas occupying the remainder of the carbody

Chicago Burlington & Quincy

Republic F-47D-40-RA 45-49329 88th Air Base Wing Wright Field Airspace Intercept including the Pacific SurflinerThese are 1 72 scale decals for Republic F 47D 40 RA Thunderbolt 45 49329, assigned to the 88th Air Base Wing at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, wearing natural metal with an Olive Drab (ANA 613) anti glare panel, buzz number PE 329 on the nose and wing undersurfaces, and the most direct paint scheme in USAF history: "CLEAR WRIGHT FIELD AREA" in bold black lettering along the fuselage. In the postwar years, Wright Field home of the Air Materiel