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Does anyone know of any decal sets in 1/48 for Frank McCauley's mount "Rat Racer

I did some investigating by watching the film "Ramrod to Emden" which can be found here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_5ELQhzrPA

The events in the video are supposed to represent the raid to Emden on October 2nd, 1943, but I suspect that it was put together after the fact for these reasons:

1. Footage of 55th Fighter Group P-38 Lightnings taking off and flying; the 55th FG did not begin flying operationally until the middle of October.

2. Captain Frank E. "Mac" McCauley having 6 kills. According to 56th FG combat reports, he claimed his 5th kill on October 14, 1943.

I found these aircraft in the video that have red borders around the insignia:

P-47C-2-RE 41-6261 UN:B "Bat out of Hell"

P-47C-5-RE 41-6325 UN:V "Lucky Little Devil"

P-47C-5-RE 41-6343 LM:W "Little Cookie" (2 kill marks)

P-47D-1-RE 42-7853 UN:R (Believe it or not, this is the very first P-47D!)

P-47D-1-RE 42-7896 UN:H

P-47D-1-RE 41-7938 LM:S or LM:S_ "Hairless Joe/Hewlett-Woodmere, Long Island" (4 kill marks) The man in the cockpit at 12:37 in the video doesn't resemble David C. Schilling and could only really be one other; Lt. James E. Fields, which would make the aircraft a hand-me-down and therefore LM:S_

P-47D-6-RE 42-74635 UN:D

P-47D-6-RE 42-74750 UN:L "Lady Jane" (2 kill marks)

This aircraft had the border evidently painted over with dark (blue?) paint:

P-47C-2-RE HV:Z 41-6271 "Rat Racer" (6 kill marks)

Based upon these conclusions, I'll make the conjecture that the 56th FG used red-bordered insignia at least into late October, and possibly began to get rid of them around that date, due to "Rat Racer".

I know Gerry Johnson's P-47D-1 "In The Mood/Jackson County Michigan Fighter" (42-7877, HV:D) had them. Can anyone put a rough date on this picture?