43-25555

media-24465.jpeg UPL 24465 P-47Ds of 61st Fighter Squadron. 42-22744 HV-I "El Shaf-Toe"; 43-25555 HV-U_; 42-75508 HV-S "Pistol Packin' Mama" on cowl "The Cotton Chopper" under cockpit.

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Object Number - UPL 24465 - P-47Ds of 61st Fighter Squadron. 42-22744 HV-I "El Shaf-Toe"; 43-25555 HV-U_; 42-75508 HV-S "Pistol Packin' Mama" on cowl "The Cotton Chopper" under...

Assigned to 61FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.

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Units served with

56th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

61st Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Places

Boxted

Site type: Airfield

Missions

394

Date: 6 June 1944
Official Description:

Events

Event	Location	Description
Manufactured	Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA	Built at Republic.
Delivered	New York, NY, USA	Delivered to USAAF.
Assigned	Boxted, Colchester, UK	Assigned to 61FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.