Andrew G Kopas

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Aircraft

42-22781

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Trisha Double S
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron 63rd Fighter Squadron 83rd Fighter Squadron
A Chevrolet truck fitted out as a mobile air traffic control unit. In the background is P-47 (WZ-A, serial no. 42-76329) of the 83rd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, which was based at Duxford air base. Passed for publication 11 March 1944. Printed caption on reverse: 'Discard bomb(er) nose as control tower. Associated Press photo shows: A home made black and white checkered truck fitted with a dome made of a discarded plexiglass bomber nose is used as a portable control tower on a P-47 field in Engl

42-76329

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Mrs Blue
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron 84th Fighter Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm