Big Friends and Little Friends
I’m back! Kind of. I still won’t have a ton of time for posting in the next couple of weeks, but I figured I would try and get up a few shorter posts while I had the chance this week. Expect most of the upcoming posts to be P-47 Thunderbolt related. I am a happy to report that I passed MEPS and am preparing to take the ASTB this week. In the mean time, here is the beginning of a brief photo miniseries, starring the P-47.
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A mix of six P-47C and D Thunderbolts of the 62nd Fighter Squadron are seen above during a bomber escort mission. The lead Jug was being flown by Captain Horace Craig. The photo was taken from the waist gun position on a USAAF B-24D in May of 1943 while the aircraft were returning to base at RAF Horsham St. Faith. The 62nd FS was assigned to VII Fighter Command in England throughout the war. They primarily flew escort missions for B-24 and B-17 bomber units.
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