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Two P-47 Thunderbolts of the 406th Fighter Group start their engines whilst ground personnel work on the engine of a third P-47.

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Two P-47Ds of the 514th Fighter Squadron (blue nose trim), 406th Fighter Group start their engines whilst ground personnel work on the engine of a third P-47. Image is reversed (pitot tube on wrong wing).

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Units

A P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-28875) and a C-47 Skytrain (90-M, serial number 42-100806) of the 437th Troop Carrier Group at Nordholz, May 1945. Image via John Quincy.

406th Fighter Group

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

Revisions

Date: 5 Nov 2022 07:39:47

ContributorGerry Asher

ChangesChanges to caption

Sources

NINTH AIR FORCE IN COLOR by Roger Freeman.

Date: 8 Sep 2014 15:36:36

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection