507th Fighter Group

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media-7163.jpeg UPL 7163 Ray L. Tarte, Jr, P-47N Thunderbolt Pilot, USAAF, 8th Air Force, 301st Fighter Wing, 507th Fighter Group, 465th Sq., Ie Shima, Pacific Theater, WWII, On one mission, August 9, 1945, Ray flew as a fighter escort* for the Nagasaki atomic bomb mission. He personally saw the Nagasaki mushroom cloud come up through the clouds from about 25 or 30 miles away after the atomic bomb exploded.

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Object Number - UPL 7163 - Ray L. Tarte, Jr, P-47N Thunderbolt Pilot, USAAF, 8th Air Force, 301st Fighter Wing, 507th Fighter Group, 465th Sq., Ie Shima, Pacific Theater, WWII,...

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Ray L Tarte

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 507th Fighter Group
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot P-47N

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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