UPL 20413
IMAGELt. Wayne J O’Connor, 63rd Fighter Squadron. P-47C 41-6216 UN-O. No name on a/c but imposing artwork of the Big Bad Wolf. The dog’s name was “Slipstream”. Sustained an engine failure 19-Aug-43. 2nd Lt Hodges stayed with the aircraft and ditched it in the North Sea off the Dutch coast at Oosterschelde and was rescued by a German patrol boat. POW.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron