Republic P-47D-23-RA Thunderbolt of the 82nd Fighter Squadron (USAAF) in flight, in July 1944 (342-FH-3A16465-52731AC)
A U.S. Army Air Forces Republic P-47D-23-RA Thunderbolt (s/n 42-27607) of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, flied near a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (not visible), in July 1944. 42-27607 was later hit by flak while strafing in the Masstricht, Netherlands, on 3 September 1944 (MACR 8548). The pilot made a wheels-up belly landing at Roermond, Netherlands and became a prisoner of war.
- Date
- 1944-07
- Photographer / author
- U.S. Army Air Forces photo 342-FH-3A16465-52731AC
- Archive
- U.S. National Archives (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- image
- Original size
- 3,953 × 2,340 pixels
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