1/72 Hasegawa P-47D25 RE 

"Senta A Pua"

by Hiran Horta

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The P47 of the hunting Group "Moves the Drill" or "Senta A Pua" was one of the airplanes that served most of it's missions in the skies over Italy. Piloted by capable Brazilians, this had a hand in fulfilling its missions.  

Unlike the Americans, the Brazilian pilots were not excused after 25 missions, but instead they had to complete 100 missions before they were rotated out of the war.  The Brazilian Participation in the Second World War 2 is not well recognized.
But many Brazilians have given their blood and even life in the effort to defeat the Axis Powers.

The kit is good, the assembly was easy and fast. they had been used inks for painting of car in this kit I tried to make a pretty work, but I know that still I have much to evolve.

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The airplane shown is registration # 42-26762, the C1 of the first group of hunting, based at the airport of San Giusto, Piza, Italy. The pilot was Captain aviator Fortunato Camara de Oliveira, Lider of the Blue flotilla. 

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The emblem of the FAB (Brazilian Air Force) was an Ostrich, (not a typical bird in Brazil), but during the training period for the first group of the pilots preparing for the war, the Brazilian pilots ate Ostrich that was prepared in the kitchen of the USAAF.

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A documentary film exists about "Senta a Pua" that shows the real and true story on this participation of the Brazilian pilots of the FAB.  With depositions of the pilots of the time and with real images of also.

Hiran

Photos and text © by Hiran Horta