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44-20600 Jody

media-46786.jpeg UPL 46786 P-47D-30-RE #44-20600 "Jody" Code: D5-U
365th FG - 386th FS - 9th AF

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Object Number - UPL 46786 - P-47D-30-RE #44-20600 "Jody" Code: D5-U 365th FG - 386th FS - 9th AF

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Units served with

Lieutenant Colonel Louis Houck of the 365th Fighter Group wearing a flying helmet with devil horns in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Screamin' Weemie". Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press.' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'AMERICAN FLYER WEARS "DEVIL'S HELMET" Lieutenant Colonel Louis Houck, 27, commander of a Ninth US Air Force fighter group, waves for contact after donning his "devil's helmet" for a mission against the Nazis. The flyer calls his plane "Screaming' Weemie". Keys

365th Fighter Group

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

386th Fighter Squadron

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

Places

Aachen

Site type: Airfield

Ground personnel of the 474th Fighter Group inspect a P-38 Lightning that has crash landed on its nose.

Florennes / Juzaine

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Florennes / Juxaine

Fritzlar

Site type: Airfield

Revisions

Date8 Jan 2021 19:13:47

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Sources

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