Assigned to Lt Arlie J Blood this P47 Thunderbolt was named for his baby son while the group was still in England in April 1943. Blood said his little son looked like a "bug" when he last saw him before deploying overseas. Lynn Trank commented," This one I like as a successful painting because it goes all the way around." It was somewhat reminiscent of the early P40 War Hawks flown by the "Flying Tigers" in China.

© Ray Bowden