My father was hit by flack and was being escorted home over Holland when the three P 47's were jumped by 30 German fighters, they split and ran for it but four Germans chased him. He was hopping trees so the Germans couldn't get a shot at him, in front was power lines, he didn't have time to react and the Thunderbolt hit the wires, he said it shuttered and kept going. When he looked back one German blew up and the other ones thought they were being attacked so they quit chasing him. He flew (Little Joe) across the channel back to England and crash landed her. The Thunderbolt was sent off to get rebuilt and when it came back my father didn't want it back, He said all the Luck was used up in that one. It was lost on a later mission.