42-26264 My Cherie!/Rosetta

Object Number - UPL 46781 - P-47D-22-RA #42-26264 "My Cherie!" Code: D5-W Captain Richard Charles Thoman - Pilot 365th Fighter Group - 386th Fighter Squadron - 9th AF
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![Lieutenant Colonel Louis Houck of the 365th Fighter Group wearing a flying helmet with devil horns in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Screamin' Weemie". Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press.' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'AMERICAN FLYER WEARS "DEVIL'S HELMET" Lieutenant Colonel Louis Houck, 27, commander of a Ninth US Air Force fighter group, waves for contact after donning his "devil's helmet" for a mission against the Nazis. The flyer calls his plane "Screaming' Weemie". Keys](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x1/public/freeman/media-456675.jpg.webp?itok=IHouPueL)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter

- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places

- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Chièvres Air Base

- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Florennes / Juxaine

- Site type: Airfield

- Site type: Airfield
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Sources
"Thunderbolts of The Hell Hawks" - Barnes, Crump and Sutherland
pages 287, 289
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/p47_4.html