media-377082.jpg FRE 384 Three ground crew of the 353rd Fighter Group examine the armaments of P-47 Thunderbolt, serial number 42-76141, nicknamed "Mud N' Mules" by pilot Captain Dewey E. Newhart. Left to right they are: Private First Class Lloyd M. Hoover, Corporal Robert L. Thout and Staff Sergeant Lawrence Gamble. Printed caption on reverse: '51388 AC - P-47 Latest Threat....Cpl. Robert L. Thout (center) of Joilet, Ill., armament crew member explains to Pfc. Lloyd M. Hoover, (on bike) of Mitchellvile, Ia., and S/Sgt. Lawrence Gamble of Louisville, Ky., the installation of cluster of 20 twenty-eight lb bombs under the wind of the versatile Thunderbolt. Plane carries same number on the other wing and has proved to be a highly effective type of bombing on troup [troop] concentrations.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection