Bob "Punchy" Powell got his nickname from his boxing days. "He was a bomber escort specialist and flew three cover missions in 16 hours during the D-Day invasion." Powell, based in Bodney, England, piloted either the P-51 Mustang or a P-47 Thunderbolt on more than 80 missions. His unofficial biography lists six destroyed enemy aircraft. "His original flight jacket is in the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Pooler, Georgia." BOB "PUNCHY" POWELL, A-2 (replica) 78 | AOPA PILOT November 2015