F-84E 9th FBS before mission in Korea c1952
A U.S. Air Force F-84 crew chief cleans the canopy as the pilot straps in before a mission. The Republic F-84E-30-RE Thunderjet (s/n 51-687) was assigned to the 9th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing, and was shot down by MiG-15s on 9 September 1952. The pilot Captain Warren O'Brien is missing in action.
- Date
- c. 1952
- Photographer / author
- E. Galbraith, USAF
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- image
- Original size
- 1,800 × 950 pixels
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