42-7945 Miss Plainfield
Object Number - UPL 14184 - Capt. Spiros N "Steve" "The Greek" Pisanos, Plainfield, NJ. 334th Fighter Squadron, ex 71 "Eagle" Squadron. P-47D 42-7945 QP-D "Miss Plainfield".
'Steve' Pisanos' first Thunderbolt, named for a girl from the town in New Jersey in which he settled after emigrating from Greece in 1938, survived nine months of combat before being transferred out of the 4th Fighter Group on 28 February 1944. Pisanos transferred the cowling and nose art to this P-47D-1 in July or August that year.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 334th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33179653
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Crew Chief
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 67th Fighter Wing 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron No 71 'Eagle' Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-885405
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
Personal research & 4th Fighter Group 'Debden Eagles' by Chris Bucholtz.
Personal research & 'Eighty-One Aces of the 4th fighter Group' by Frank Speer.
Personal research & 'Eighty-One Aces of the 4th Fighter Group' by Frank Speer.
