John D Motsenbocker Jr

Military
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.' media-408006.jpg FRE 3038 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.' Roger Freeman Collection

Corrected spelling of 'Motsenbacker' to 'Motsenbocker'.

Object Number - FRE 3038 - A battle damaged P-47 Thunderbolt of 83rd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group under repair inside a hangar at Duxford. Based on the information...

Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Hoya on 8 May 44 in P-47 #4276227

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Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron

Events

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Hoya, Germany 8 May 1944

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ContributorLucy May
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Sources

Combined two entries. Now contains information from the following sources:
MACR 4807 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4807 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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