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Items Signed by First Lieutenant Samuel Buzzard Lutz |
 | Bridge Busters by Anthony Saunders. Price : £95.00 | With orders to destroy, delay or disrupt enemy forces en-route to the Normandy battle area, P-47 Thunderbolts from the 78th Fighter Group launch a blistering high-speed, low-level attack, on a German freight train in occupied northern France, June 1...... | |
| | Bridge Busters by Anthony Saunders. (AP) Price : £140.00 | With orders to destroy, delay or disrupt enemy forces en-route to the Normandy battle area, P-47 Thunderbolts from the 78th Fighter Group launch a blistering high-speed, low-level attack, on a German freight train in occupied northern France, June 1...... | |
| | Bridge Busters by Anthony Saunders. (RM) Price : £300.00 | With orders to destroy, delay or disrupt enemy forces en-route to the Normandy battle area, P-47 Thunderbolts from the 78th Fighter Group launch a blistering high-speed, low-level attack, on a German freight train in occupied northern France, June 1...... | |
| | Bridge Busters by Anthony Saunders. (XX) Price : £85.00 | With orders to destroy, delay or disrupt enemy forces en-route to the Normandy battle area, P-47 Thunderbolts from the 78th Fighter Group launch a blistering high-speed, low-level attack, on a German freight train in occupied northern France, June ...... | |
 | Days of Thunder by Richard Taylor. (AP) Price : £150.00 | Duxford became home to the 78th Fighter Group when they arrived in England with their P-47B Thunderbolts in 1943. The objective of the American fighter units was to gain air superiority over the Luftwaffe in support of their daylight bombing campaig...... |
| | Days of Thunder by Richard Taylor. (B) Price : £120.00 | Duxford became home to the 78th Fighter Group when they arrived in England with their P-47B Thunderbolts in 1943. The objective of the American fighter units was to gain air superiority over the Luftwaffe in support of their daylight bombing campaig...... | |
| | Days of Thunder by Richard Taylor. (C) Price : £395.00 | Duxford became home to the 78th Fighter Group when they arrived in England with their P-47B Thunderbolts in 1943. The objective of the American fighter units was to gain air superiority over the Luftwaffe in support of their daylight bombing campaig...... |
Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of First Lieutenant Samuel Buzzard Lutz |
   | P-47 Thunderbolt Aviation Print 4-Pack. Pack Price : £430.00 Saving : £310 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Bridge Busters by Anthony Saunders. Return From Bremen by Simon Smith. The Wolfpack by Robert Taylor. Zemke's First Fan by David Pentland. | |
 | Pack 1254. Two D-Day Portfoilo Aviation Prints by Anthony Saunders. Pack Price : £160.00 Saving : £45 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Juno Beach by Anthony Saunders. Bridge Busters by Anthony Saunders. | |
| | Pack 1255. Two D-Day Portfolio Artist Proof Prints by Anthony Saunders. Pack Price : £270.00 Saving : £105 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Juno Beach by Anthony Saunders. (AP) Bridge Busters by Anthony Saunders. (AP) | |
| | Pack 1256. Two D-Day Aviation Portfolio Remarque Editions by Anthony Saunders. Pack Price : £550.00 Saving : £50 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Juno Beach by Anthony Saunders. (RM) Bridge Busters by Anthony Saunders. (RM) | |
| | P-47 Thunderbolt Prints by Anthony Saunders and Simon Smith. Pack Price : £160.00 Saving : £135 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Bridge Busters by Anthony Saunders. Return From Bremen by Simon Smith. |
 | Thunderbolt Aircraft Prints by Anthony Saunders and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £135.00 Saving : £80 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Bridge Busters by Anthony Saunders. Duxford Pair by Ivan Berryman. | |
| | 78th Fighter Group P-47 Thunderbolt Prints by Richard Taylor and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £245.00 Saving : £45 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Days of Thunder by Richard Taylor. (AP) Duxford Pair by Ivan Berryman (AP) | |
 | P-47 Thunderbolt Artist Proof Edition Prints by Richard Taylor and Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £300.00 Saving : £110 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Days of Thunder by Richard Taylor. (AP) Thunderbolts and Lightnings by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) | |
 | Pilot Signed P-47 Thunderbolt Prints by Richard Taylor and Stan Stokes. Pack Price : £250.00 Saving : £54 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Days of Thunder by Richard Taylor. (AP) Bridge Busting Jugs by Stan Stokes. (B) |
| First Lieutenant Samuel Buzzard Lutz Squadron details |
| First Lieutenant Samuel Buzzard Lutz Aircraft details |
 Thunderbolt Built : 15683 | Thunderbolt Alexander Kartveli was a engineer with Seversky Aircraft who designed the P-35, which first flew in 1937. With Republic Aviation Kartveli supervised the development of the P-43 Lancer. Neither of these aircraft were produced in large numbers, and neither was quite successful. However, the Republic Aviation P-47 Thunderbolt, also nicknamed the Jug, was quite a different story. The Jug was the jewel in Kartvelis design crown, and went on to become one of the most produced fighter aircraft of all time with 15,683 being manufactured. The P-47 was the largest and heaviest single seat fighter of WW II. The P-47 immediately demonstrated its excellent combat qualities, including speed, rate of climb, maneuverability, heavy fire power, and the ability to take a lot of punishment. With a wingspan of more than 40 feet and a weight of 19,400 pounds, this large aircraft was designed around the powerful 2000 HP Pratt and Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp radial engine. The first P-47 prototype flew in May of 1941, and the primary variant the P-47D went into service in 1943 with units of the U.S. Armys Eighth Air Force. The Jug had a maximum speed in excess of 400 MPH, a service ceiling in excess of 42,000 feet, and was heavily armed with either six or eight heavy caliber machine guns. With its ability to carry up to a 2,500 pound bomb load, the Jug saw lots of use in ground attack roles. Until the introduction of the N model, the P-47 lacked the long range required for fighter escort missions which were most often relegated to P-51 Mustangs or P-38 Lightnings. In his outstanding painting entitled Bridge Busting Jugs, noted aviation artist Stan Stokes depicts Eighth Air Force Jugs in a ground attack mission in the Alps in June of 1944. The top P-47 ace was Francis Gabreski who had flown with the 56th Fighter Group, the first unit to be equipped with the P-47. In August of 1943 Gabreski attained his first aerial combat victory (over an Fw-190) and by years end he had reached ace status with 8 confirmed victories. As Commander of the 61st Squadron, Gabreski continued to chalk up victory after victory, and on seven different occasions he achieved two victories during the same mission. However, in July of 1944 Gabreski damaged the prop on his Jug during a low level attack on an airfield near Coblenz. Forced to make a crash landing, he was captured and remained a prisoner of war until Wars end in 1945. Following the War Gabreski returned to military service with the Air Forces 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing in Korea. Flying the F-86 Sabre Jet, Gabreski attained 6.5 more aerial victories in 1951 and 1952 becoming an ace in two different wars |
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