42-75560 Baby Margene

Captain Eugene Cole of the 361st Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt (E2-G_, serial number 42-75560) nicknamed "Baby Margene" at Bottisham. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1st Lt. Eugene Cole, 375th FS' media-377240.jpg FRE 522 Captain Eugene Cole of the 361st Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt (E2-G_, serial number 42-75560) nicknamed "Baby Margene" at Bottisham. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1st Lt. Eugene Cole, 375th FS' Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 522 - Captain Eugene Cole of the 361st Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt (E2-G_, serial number 42-75560) nicknamed "Baby Margene" at...

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Captain Eugene Cole of the 361st Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt (E2-G_, serial number 42-75560) nicknamed "Baby Margene" at Bottisham. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1st Lt. Eugene Cole, 375th FS'
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 375th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (361st Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: 15125258 / O-676750
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 375th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-814656
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot

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Bottisham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK 2 May 1944 “Baby Margene”, 42-75560, E2-G, Lt Eugene Cole’s personal P-47D finished up a battered wreck on 2 May 1944. While landing at Bottisham after a mission, Lt Jack S Crandell of the 375th undershot the runway and crashed through the perimeter hedge beside the Bottisham - Little Wilbraham road.

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