42-75516
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UPL 46804
P-47D-11-RE #42-75516 Code: B4-Q
365th FG - 387th FS - 9th AF
365th FG - 387th FS - 9th AF
2nd upload. 1st photo disappeared.
Had a reputation as being a gas guzzler and a poor flying aircraft. At some point it was sent to the depot and returned stripped down to the bare metal finish with a new canopy and it's code changed from B4-K (Bar) to B4-Q. The pilots of the squadron thought this was an attempt to fool them. They took up a collection to try to convince a new pilot to "accidently" lift the landing gear while taxiing to hopefully write the aircraft off once and for all so no one in the squadron would have to fly her again!
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
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Sources
"Thunderbolts of The Hell Hawks" - Barnes, Crump and Sutherland