Here's my entry for the ARC 'Totally Inaccurate Paint Scheme' Group Build. There's a bit of 'What If', so here goes... Following the success of 'Operation Sealion', in late 1940, which resulted in the invasion and ultimate surrender of Great Britain, by German forces, Adolf Hitler signed a non-aggression pact with the United States. In December 1941, the Imperial Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor and, over the following three months, successfully invaded and occupied the Hawaiian Islands, giving them a base from which to operate long range bombing missions against the U.S. Mainland. Particularly effective was the raid of May 13th, 1942, which effectively crippled the American Film industry, destroying Hollywood as it did. As the United States had been neutral during the European Conflict, the U.S. industrial abilities had not been geared up for warfare and, so, the North American Aviation Company applied for, and was granted, a license to build the Bf 109E. Designated the P-109E, and powered by a Packard-built PDB V-1601, developing 1,300 hp, the P-109 became the mainstay of the USAAF, downing many Japanese bombers, and probably saving the United States from Invasion.
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