“Thunderbolts and Lightning, very very frightening me…” These lyrics will be familiar to anyone who has heard Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. They are also a favourite for meme generators when it comes to images of P-47s and P-38s. Certainly down the years I ve made a number of the former and one - I think - of the latter, but when it comes to the P-47s modern namesake, the A-10 Thunderbolt II, I ve made precisely ero, which is odd given that it is an aeroplane than has long held a fascination for me.