Frank N Emory

Military
Ground personnel of the 353rd Fighter Group prepare to fix a bomb to a P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Sis", 28 November 1943. Not To Be Published 28 Nov 1943, Passed for publication Dec 4 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S. Fighters Now Carry Bombs. Photo Shows:- Bombing up a Thunderbolt P-47 at a U.S. Army Air Force station somewhere in Britain. G. November 1943. PN.' On reverse: Not To Be Published , Ministry of Information, Planet News, US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Cens media-400770.jpg FRE 2851 Ground personnel of the 353rd Fighter Group prepare to fix a bomb to a P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Sis", 28 November 1943. Not To Be Published 28 Nov 1943, Passed for publication Dec 4 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S. Fighters Now Carry Bombs. Photo Shows:- Bombing up a Thunderbolt P-47 at a U.S. Army Air Force station somewhere in Britain. G. November 1943. PN.' On reverse: Not To Be Published , Ministry of Information, Planet News, US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].

This was the personal aircraft of Lt. Frank N. Emory of Mount Vernon, WA and named 'Sis' by him. Roger Freeman Collection

353rd FG Records and friendship with Frank Emory

Object Number - FRE 2851 - Ground personnel of the 353rd Fighter Group prepare to fix a bomb to a P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Sis", 28 November 1943. Not To Be Published 28 Nov...

On a training flight 1st April 1943 he suffered an engine failure and had to make an emergency landing . On touchdown the plane caught fire but he managed to escape with only minor cuts and bruises. Flew low level missions in support of D-Day landings, shooting up trains etc.

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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

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