FRE 3038

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A battle damaged P-47 Thunderbolt of 83rd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group under repair inside a hangar at Duxford. Based on the information provided by Little Friends webmaster, this P-47D could very probably have been a P-47D-5-RE, serial number 42-8479 and coded HL-Vbar. This aircraft suffered CAT E battle damage on 6 March 1944 when flown by Lt. John D Motsenbocker Jr and was salvaged due to battle damage on 9th March per the Combined Loss Listing. Handwritten on reverse: '78FG DX. 83FS. Hangar works on a cannoned P-47.'

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A battle damaged P-47 Thunderbolt of 83rd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group under repair inside a hangar at Duxford. Handwritten on reverse: '78FG DX. 83FS. Hangar works on a cannoned P-47.'
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 83rd Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-687259
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Locations

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

Revisions

Date:
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to caption and aircraft associations
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Correspondence with Peter Randall, the webmaster of Little Friends.

Date:
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to caption and person associations
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Corrected spelling of 'Motsenbacker' to 'Motsenbocker'.

Date:
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to caption
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ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection