Description
F-105 Fancy Girls #2. This features two of the most famous Thuds of the Vietnam war! First is F-105D-25-RE, “Cherry Girl,” 357th TFS, 355th TFW, Takhli, Thailand, which featured a large, squatting nude female figure on top of the nose by the refueling receptical. The second is F-105F-1-RE, Captain Jim Pepprell, “Jinkin Josie, 357th TFS, 355th TFW, Takhli, Thailand, June 1968. This is the jet flown by Leo Thorsness during his famous Medal of Honor mission on 19 April 1967, during which he scored a MiG-17 kill. The jet was also named, at various other times, “The Moon Lighter” and “Take Her Down.”
