FRE 9599
IMAGE![P-47 Thunderbolts of the 365th Fighter Group in Belgium. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for puiblciation Mar 1945.' [stamp], 'Sacred.' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'NINTH AIR FORCE PHOTO. Two P-47 Thunderbolt Fighter-bombers of the 365th Fighter-bomber group take off from a Ninth Air Force base in belgium to strafe German motor transport and troop concentrations. Three P-47s are shown parked in the foreground.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/wysiwyg_x2/public/freeman/media-457111.jpg.webp?itok=n54-UBeE)
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P-47 Thunderbolts of the 365th Fighter Group in Belgium. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for puiblciation Mar 1945.' [stamp], 'Sacred.' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'NINTH AIR FORCE PHOTO. Two P-47 Thunderbolt Fighter-bombers of the 365th Fighter-bomber group take off from a Ninth Air Force base in belgium to strafe German motor transport and troop concentrations. Three P-47s are shown parked in the foreground.'
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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_x2/public/freeman/media-456675.jpg.webp?itok=5tRnsRWh)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter