UPL 44891
IMAGEGround personnel inspect P-47 Thunderbolt (LH-G, serial number 42-22472) nicknamed "Shamrock" of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron after crashing on take off at Boxted, 27 May 1944.
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group Headquarters (56th Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: 0 574 019
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Communications and Photo Officer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Shamrock
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron
Locations
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
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ContributorEmily
Sources
Photographs taken by First Lieutenant Irving Brayer, Photographic and Communications Officer of the 56th Fighter Group c. 1944, and researched and shared with the support of Peter Randall (webmaster of Little Friends) and Nathan Howland (author of 'The 8th Army Air Force in Color', Schiffer Publishing 2016)