Metz
Airfield
365th Fighter Group - 388th Fighter Squadron - 9th AF
Y-34 Metz, France
Object Number - UPL 46337 - P-47D-28-RA #42-28932 Code: C4-T 365th Fighter Group - 388th Fighter Squadron - 9th AF Y-34 Metz, France
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 388th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31153324
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Ground Crew Chief/Aircraft Mechanic
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 386th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 387th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-792139
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot / Squadron Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 387th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
![Colonel John R Murphy of the 365th Fighter Group, examines a whistle he made and attached to his P-47 Thunderbolt. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 22 Nov 1944.' [stamp] and 'Sacred.' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Ger. Incend Shell on P...47. Nov 22. NINTH AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE. Lieutenant Colonel John R Murphy, Minot N,D, a Ninth Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt fighter-bomber, examines the "screamer" whistle he devised from a German incendiary shell. When his unit](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-456600.jpg.webp?itok=lJr_vh9w)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 404th Fighter Group 388th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (365th Fighter Group) Headquarters (404th Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: O-24928
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot/Squadron Commander/Group Commander
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Sources
Place added with details from:
- "Battle Colors Volume III - Insignia and Tactical Markings of the Ninth Air Force in World War Two' by Robert A. Watkins;
- http://www.ixengineercommand.com/airfields/physical.php