P-47 Thunderbolt - T-shirt F-14 Tomcat Tommy was a wealthy sportsman

Tommy was a wealthy sportsman interested in aviation

Its primary role was to intercept Soviet bombers entering UK airspace with powerful radar and armed with Skyflash and AIM 7 Sparrow missiles

From air power artist Peter Van Stigt this illustration captures one of the legendary dam's raids

entering service with the Fleet Air Arm in 1959 in the fleet air defence role

The roundel evolved over the years and varied according to the role of the aircraft it was painted on

P-47 Thunderbolt - T-shirt F-14 Tomcat Tommy was a wealthy sportsmanRepublic P 47 Thunderbolt The Thunderbolt was used as a medium range escort fighter and ground attack aircraft. Nicknamed the 'Jug', the P 47 was powered by the Pratt & Whitney R 2800 Double Wasp making it a formidable fighter both in the war over Europe and in the Pacific.