Pacific Thunderbolt

This thumbnail sketch depicts a P-47 N from the 413th Fighter Squadron, 414th Fighter Group, taking off from North Field, Iwo Jima in 1945. I would like to do this one in acrylics and to have a strong light source and shadow. I would also like to portray a sense of speed or movement so that the aircraft will have a sense of coming out of the surface of the painting. Not sure which actual aircraft I will depict yet.