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Date
1945-04
Creation Date
2008-06-11
Description
Black & White photograph of Ninth Army Air Force, 365th Fighter Group, crew members servicing Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter airplanes at the Fritzlar, Germany (Y.86), airfield, circa April 1945. The P-47 Thunderbolt that is shown second from the left with B4 painted on the fuselage was flown by the 387th Fighter Squadron. The two P-47s on the bottom right with D5 painted on their fuselages were flown by the 386th Fighter Squadron.
Digital Collection
Arnold Clayton Watkins World War II Photograph Collection, 1942-1945
Collection Number
SpC MS 0006
Finding Aid
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/3/
Object Type
Photograph
Image Format
Still Image
Location
Europe--Germany--Hesse--Fritzlar
Publisher Digital
Pittsburg State University, Kansas, Axe Library, Special Collections
Rights
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Keywords
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American--Photographs; United States. Army Air Forces--History--Photographs; Airplanes, Military--Markings--United States--Photographs; Thunderbolt (Fighter planes)--Photographs; Fritzlar (Germany)--History--Photographs
Notes
Pittsburg State University, Special Collections, 6, Watkins, Arnold Clayton, Envelope 3, 09. Contributed by Joan F. Watkins.