UPL 46456
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P-47D-27-RA #42-28451 "Betty Co'ed" Code" C4-C 365th Fighter Group - 388th Fighter Squadron - 9th AF
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Units
![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/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-456675.jpg?itok=HyhE2sSv)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
![Captain Zell Smith Jr. of the 365th Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang. Image via DK Beaumeister, via Zell Smith.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395954.jpg?itok=ErLp2tDt)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
![Second World War formation badge for the United States 9th Air Force (United States Army Air Force)](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-36283.jpeg?itok=kG8Uqcaz)
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-46456.jpeg?itok=rJisl-Uh)
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Betty Coed
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 388th Fighter Squadron