FlyPast April 2025
THUNDERSTRUCK!
The April 2025 issue of FlyPast features a sight rarely seen in the skies since World War Two – two Republic P-47 Thunderbolts in the air together. They are owned by Tennessee airmen Neal Melton and John Shoffner, who have chosen to maintain these mighty warbirds in the environment where they belong, and what a sight and sound they are…
‘FLAK-BAIT’
Despite its name, one Martin B-26 Marauder seemed almost invincible in war-torn skies. Alan Crouchman tells its epic story
FLYPAST CLASSICS: B-24 LIBERATOR
Although its legacy may be less revered than that of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, the Liberator was as capable a bomber and played a vital role in World War Two
SALVATION FROM ABOVE
Operations Manna and Chowhound were missions of mercy, flying in food to those most in need. Tom Allett reflects on these extraordinary enterprises
BALKAN T-33
Jamie Ewan explains how a former United States Air Force Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star has come to reside at a castle in Albania
RISKY BUSINESS
Air-to-air refuelling during the days of the Cold War wasn’t always a simple matter, as Gp Capt Nigel Walpole once discovered