Col. David Schilling's P47 (Hairless Joe) as of Oct. 1944.

Hairless Joe was Col. David Schilling's aircraft.  He was group commander of the 56th Fighter Group when he was flying Hairless Joe.  In June of '44, Hairless Joe received the typical invasion stripes of allied aircraft.  This included the white/black stripes on the fuselage, upper and lower wings.  In the summer of '44 invasion stripes were to be removed from the top of the wings.  Hairless Joe had a camoflauge pattern on the upper wings.  By the end of year, invasion stripes were to be removed.  In Sept. of 1944, Schilling's plane crash landed and had to have one of the wings replaced.  This is why only one wing has invasion stripes on the lower surface, and none on the top.  Also, unique to the 56th, is the extra national symbol on the bottom of the wings.  Specifications called for the national insignia on the fuse (each side) and top left wing, bottom right wing.  The 56th had them on bottom left and bottom right wings in addtion to the fuse and top left.

The actual plane:

Note that the crew panel is hand painted, not stenciled on as many reproductions show.  Also the top line with the pilot's name is indented.  This is because the panel was firt painted when the pilot was Lt. Col. David Schilling.  When he was promoted to full Colonel, they merely painted over the Lt.