UPL 19827

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The pilot’s cockpit saw few changes, but a new Pilot Direction Indicator was mounted to the left of the gunsight.

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People

Lieutenant Colonel Hough sits in the cockpit of a P-47 Thunderbolt of the 495th Fighter Training Group. Image stamped with press censor 3 August 1943. Printed caption on reverse: ' ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO SHOWS: Lt. Col. Hough seated in the cockpit of a P-47 Thunderbolt: the tail assembly in the background belongs to a P-38 Lightning.'
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: Eighth Air Force
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Deputy Commander
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: Headquarters (Eighth Air Force)
  • Service Numbers: O-20697
  • Highest Rank: Major General
  • Role/Job: Ordnance and Armament Officer

Aircraft

French countryside, photographed through the nose of a P-38 Lightning of the 367th Fighter Group on landing. Image stamped on reverse: 'Not to be published 30 Aug 1944.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 31 May 1945.' [stamp] and '354528 .' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'P-38s over the Seine. No.1 of a series of pix taken through the nose of the P-38 as it comes in to land. Scherschel LIFE.'
  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: Base Air Depot 3
French countryside, photographed through the nose of a P-38 Lightning of the 367th Fighter Group on landing. Image stamped on reverse: 'Not to be published 30 Aug 1944.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 31 May 1945.' [stamp] and '354528 .' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'P-38s over the Seine. No.1 of a series of pix taken through the nose of the P-38 as it comes in to land. Scherschel LIFE.'
  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: Base Air Depot 3

Revisions

Date:
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to collection
Sources

Archival Show and Tell #3 - P-38 Droop Snoot - by Dana Bell
http://clubhyper.com/reference/showandtell3droopsnootdb_1.htm

Date:
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesCreated entry with caption, person associations and aircraft associations
Sources

Archival Show and Tell #3 - P-38 Droop Snoot - by Dana Bell
http://clubhyper.com/reference/showandtell3droopsnootdb_1.htm