Thunderbolt 493FS - Long-sleeve T-shirt P-39 Airacobra The Saab JAS 39 Gripen

The Saab JAS 39 Gripen entered service in 1996 and remains the Swedish Air Force's frontline fighter

but with heavy losses of aircrew

Gordon H Austin with nose art of 'Lighthouse Louie'

The Saab 105 entered service with the Swedish Air Force in 1967 as the Sk 60 and later by the Austrian Air Force as a Jet Trainer

25 first flew in 1937 and entered service in 1938

Thunderbolt 493FS - Long-sleeve T-shirt P-39 Airacobra The Saab JAS 39 GripenRepublic P 47D Thunderbolt From graphic designer and illustrator, Chris Sandham Bailey of Inkworm. com. Chris is a regular contributor to aviation publications such as Aeroplane and Mortons Media. This profile is a P 47 Thunderbolt of the 493rd Fighter Squadron based in England 1944.