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Kitsworld - F-105D Thunderchief 'Pussy Galore II' - Dynamic Duo'
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KW172151 F-105D Thunderchief 'Pussy Galore II' - Dynamic Duo'

REPUBLIC F-105D-RE-31 THUNDERCHIEF 62-4364 'PUSSY GALORE II' 354TH TFS, 355TH TFW

F-105D-RE-31 "PUSSY GALORE II" and served in Vietnam. The nose art is on the top side directly in front of the canopy.

Pussy Galore is the executive jet pilot for the arch Villain in the late '60's James Bond movie "Goldfinger".

This nose art was apparently designed to amuse the otherwise bored boom operators in the in-flight tankers and I suspect no boom operator ever forgot refuelling this jet.

Sadly the Pussy Galore II F-105 was lost in a ground accident on 16/12/68 during overhaul depot in Tinian, Taiwan.

REPUBLIC F-105D-6-RE 59-1771 THUNDERCHIEF 59-1771 'DYNAMIC DUO II' VIRGINIA AIR NATIONAL GUARD
F-105D 59-1771 Dynamic Duo II featured the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon characters.

This 105 Thud last served with the 149th Tactical Fighter Squadron (Virginia ANG), where T/Sgt. Bernard 'Beetle' Bailey applied the artwork.

F-105D 59-1771 is now displayed at the AFA Museum at Elgin AFB, Florida.
Stock code: KW172151

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F-105D-RE-31 Pussy Galore Camo Photo Close-Up

F105D ‘DYNAMIC DUO II’ Virginia Air National Guard

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Kitsworld - 1/72 F-105D Thunderchiefs 'Cherry Girl' - 'Queen of the Fleet' '
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KW172152 F-105D 'Cherry Girl' - F-105D 'Queen of the Fleet' 'Mig Killers'

'Moe' Seaver Wiggins Pilot: flew F-105D-25-RE 'Cherry Girl' which spent a year in combat with the 357th TFS, 355th TFW. Takhli, Thailand. Mig-17 shot down by this aircraft on June 3rd 1967.

F-105D-6-RE, 59-1739, 'Queen of the Fleet' 149 TFS/ 192nd TFG, VA ANG, Richmond ANGB, VA,
Pilot: Maj. Dewey Drauker
Crew Chief:T. sgt. Roy Elmes

Stock code: KW172152

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F-105D-6-RE 59-1739, 'Queen of the Fleet'

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Kitsworld - 1/72 Scale F-105D Thunderchiefs 'Mig Killers'
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KW172153 F-105D Thunderchiefs 60-0504 ‘MEMPHIS BELLE II’ - 61-0165 ‘MY HONEYPOT’

REPUBLIC F105D THUNDERCHIEF 60-0504 'MEMPHIS BELLE II' 357TH TFS, 355TH TFW RTAB (Royal Thai Air Base) Takhli, Thailand, 1967.
The nickname Memphis Belle II refers to the B-17F that carried the same artwork during WWII. The two red stars under the cockpit represent the two MiG kills it claimed during the Southeast Asia War. Pilot: MAJ Buddy Jones.

REPUBLIC F105D THUNDERCHIEF 61-0165 'MY HONEYPOT' VIRGINIA AIR NATIONAL GUARD.
F105D My Honeypot was the first to reach the 4000 flying hours mark (in February '70) and completed 600 south-east Asia missions in all.
Pilot: Capt 'Hap' Arnold Crew Chief: T Sgt. Bob Wheeler Artist Bernard 'Beetle' Bailey.

Stock code: KW172153

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Beetle Bailey F-105D 'My Honeypot'