UPL 15552
IMAGEP-47D serial number 42-75160 assigned to Captain Ray Dauphin, coded LM-D and named "Saucy Shirley III". This photo shows the aircraft wearing the short-lived yellow nose band of the 62nd fighter squadron, prior to the red group nose band being adopted; dating the photo to the February/March 1944 timeframe. Note that the white identification bands on the empennage have been over-painted - a practice adopted when the corresponding white noseband was overpainted with the squadron and then group colour.
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13081027 / O-693103
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron Headquarters (56th Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: 14055596 / O-659269
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Saucy Shirley III
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
Locations
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton