FRE 9590
IMAGEA P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-75248) of the 22nd Fighter Squadron, 36th FG prepares for take off. Image stamped on reverse: 'Confidential.' [stamp], 'Passe for publication 26 Aug 1944.' [stamp] and 353311.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse is damaged, what remains reads: 'Busch Foto...P-47 landing strip.... in France...where GIs... from England and ....' The field is most likely Brucheville (9th AF ALG A-16), France, from which the 36th operated August- September 1944.
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 405th Fighter Group
Revisions
42-76248 was operated by the 511th FS - 405th FG when it was lost in combat 24 May 1944 (MACR 5881), two weeks before D-Day (note invasion stripes on aircraft in photo).
The pictured aircraft was lost in combat 10 February 1945, south of Cologne, Germany (MACR 12300).