Capt. Dewey E Newhart. 350th Fighter Squadron. P-47D 42-76141 LH-D "Mud n' Mules". Right hand side of the cowling depicts the rear-end of the mule. Capt. Newhart was killed in action on 12 June 1944 in Wayne Blickenstaff's LH-U "Soubrette" and LH-D was reassigned to Capt. Lonnie M Davis as LH-Q. Capt. Davis renamed the a/c "Arkansas Traveller" but kept the mule artwork out of respect for Capt. Newhart.

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.'

Capt. Dewey E Newhart. 350th Fighter Squadron. P-47D 42-76141 LH-D "Mud n' Mules". View of left side of cowling prior to application of group markings. Crew Chief S/Sgt Baker seen on wing.

Capt. Dewey E Newhart. 350th Fighter Squadron. P-47D 42-76141 LH-D "Mud n' Mules". View of right side of cowling prior to application of group marking showing rear end of the mule. This view was sadly over-painted when the a/c was reassigned to Capt. Lonnie M Davis.

Pilots of the 350th Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group, pose in front of a Republic P-47 at an airbase In England in Spring 1944. Rear row - Earl C. Main, Joseph C. McDonald, Charles O.Durant, John F. Starr, Arthur C. Bergeron, Lt Bayard C. Auchincloss, Joseph B. Brooks, Chauncy Rowan, William W. Hargus, John H. Winder, James E. Murray, Harold P. Paslay. Middle row - Gerald P. Devine, Abel H. Garey, Robert E. Fortier, Charles W. Dinse, Major William J. Price, Joseph F. Furness, Lt Goffred F. Moretto, Capt Wayne K. Blickenstaff, Robert S. Hart, John A. Sullivan. Front row - Major Dewey E. Newhart, unknown mascot, Maj. Stanley R. Pidduck, NARA Ref 342-FH-3A47828-69067AC.