World War Photos

P-47D E9-D 42-25969 of the 376th FS, 361st Fighter Group

Maj Quince L. Brown of the 84th FS, 78th FG in the cockpit of P-47D Thunderbolt 42-74753 “Okie” code WZ-J at Duxford

P-47 undergoing engine maintenance – England

Lt Col. Francis S. Gabreski P-47 Thunderbolt, color photo

Colonel Bennick of the 373rd Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-47

Col Stecker of the 365th FG inspects a flak hole in his P-47 Thunderbolt Azeville A-7 France 1944

P-47D-30 Thunderbolt code 8N-J, 44-32979 of the 371st Fighter Group in flight

P-47D serial 42-8504 “Bunky” code YF-G of the 358th FS 355th FG, pilot lt Chauncey H Rankin

Ground crew carry out checks and maintenance work on P-47D HV-X 44-20626

Belfast Northern Ireland bearing a cargo of Republic P-47 13 February 1944

P-47D Thunderbolt landing Philippines

P-47 Thunderbolts – 19 November 1943 England

P-47 Thunderbolt coded I7-E of the 48th Fighter Group line up for take off in Normandy 19 June 19 1944

21 December 1944 – lt Henehan of the 346th FS, 350th Fighter Group stands in the hole in his P-47 left wing

P-47 44-32947 with double Nose Art “Cutie Face” and “Ain’t Misbehavin”

P-47 Thunderbolts HL-H and HL-V of the 83rd FS, 78th Fighter Group prepare for take off at Duxford 13 August 1943

Battle damaged P-47 on airfield 2

P-47 Thunderbolt of the 78th Fighter Group

P-47 Thunderbolt white 52 of the 325th FG, 318th FS

P-47D 42-26086 named “Big Bastard” – Patterson Field, Keflavik Iceland June 11, 1944

P-47 Thunderbolt – Burtonwood Airfield England

P-47 Thunderbolt of the 78th FG with 20 mm guns mounted on the wings – Duxford England 24 October 1944

P-47 Thunderbolt USA 1943

wreck of P-47 code D5-H

crashed P-47 Thunderbolt code VM-J 41-6237 of the 551st FTS, 495th FTG

P-47 Thunderbolt code IV-F 42-8695 “Oily Boid” of the 359th Fighter Group in flight

P-47 Thunderbolt taking off on mission

P-47 42-23109 of the 58th Fighter Group being towed through Brisbane Australia 1944

P-47D Thunderbolt 42-25904 “Lethal Liz II” of the 81st FS, 50th Fighter Group code 2N-U, Carentan A-10

Col Mason of the 352nd Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-47 nicknamed “Gena This Is It”

P-47 Thunderbolt “Okie” of the 84th FS, 78th Fighter Group pilot Lt Quince Brown

Lt W Samson of the 78th Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt

P-47 Thunderbolt black 88 45-49355 “Big Stud”, pilot Col Robert Baseler of the 325th FG 3

Lt Morehouse of 375th FS poses by his Damaged P-47C Thunderbolt 41-6528 E2-I – April 9th 1944

56th FG pilots Mahurin, Zemke and Johnson

Cpt James Dufour of the 336th FS, 4th FG with his P-47 Thunderbolt VF-E 41-6575 “Doreen III” 1943

Pilot John Rohde of the 388th FS 365th FG lost control of his P-47D C4-B 42-28614 – 24 January 1945 Metz airfield Y-34

shark mouth P-47 Thunderbolt 41-6380 used as a group monitor aircraft by the 448th BG

battle damaged P-47 Thunderbolt of the 78th Fighter Group at Duxford

P-47 Thunderbolt code 8N-X 42-28929 of the 371st Fighter Group

108 gallon gas tanks falling from a P-47 50th FG

P-47 Thunderbolt of the 368th Fighter Group

Mechanics removing the engine from a P-47 Thunderbolt at Duxford September 1943

Ground crew of the 355th Fighter Group refuel P-47 Thunderbolt 42-8492

P-47 Thunderbolt in England 2

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt 42-23032

P-47 Thunderbolt E “Big Squaw” of the 19th FS, 318th FG

Ground crew of the 78th Fighter Group manually start the engine of a P-47 1943

P-47 Thunderbolt #204 42-27666 of the 15th Fighter Group, 20th Air Force

56th FG, 61st Squadron P-47 Thunderbolt in flight – D-Day Stripes

P-47D Thunderbolt fighters May 1943

P-47 Thunderbolts formation 56th Fighter Group

P-47 Thunderbolt with Malcolm Hood OS-R 42-22784 of the 357th FS, 355th Fighter Group

P-47 Thunderbolts of the 33rd Fighter Group, 12th Air Force in Kunming China 20 April 1944

Thunderbolt code R3-G 42-25845 of the 373rd Fighter Group in flight September 1944

P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27607 coded MX-G, pilot 2lt Richard D. Stark of the 82nd FS, 78th Fighter Group

P-47 taxiing at airfield in Belgium

damaged tail of a P-47D Thunderbolt 42-274681 of the 355th FG, 11 February 1944

P-47 Thunderbolt black 88 45-49355 “Big Stud”, pilot Col Robert Baseler of the 325th FG 2

P-47D serial 42-26044 “Silver Lady” HV-Z of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th FG. Thunderbolt flown by Maj Leslie Smith

P-47 Thunderbolt named “LuLu”

May 1943 – unidentified P-47C Thunderbolt of the 78th Fighter Group under tow at Duxford

Prototype XP-47J Superbolt

P-47 Thunderbolt HL-T of the 78th FG

P-47 Thunderbolt VF-I of the 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group at Debden

42-26628 “Miss Fire” – “Rozzie Deth II” and Capt Fred J. Christensen 62nd FS, 56th FG

P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27607 MX-G, pilot 2lt Richard D. Stark 82nd FS, 78th FG

P-47 Thunderbolt 42-75087 of the 27th Air Transport Group at Dijon September 1944

P-47 Thunderbolt 7U-N serial 42-28947, named “Maj Mac” of the 36th FG, 23rd Fighter Squadron

P-47 42-28189 black 15 in flight – 318th Fighter Group Ie Shima Okinawa

Crew chief S/Sgt Robert H. McChord assisting pilot 2nd lt Alvin Juchheim 8th AF England

Major Cas Hough with his P-47 Thunderbolt 42-7921 August 1943

P-47B #31 41-5931 of the 56th Fighter Group

Crashed P-47 QP-N 42-7919 “Lilliput” of the 334th FS, 4th Fighter Group

Prototype XP-47H 42-23298 at Wright Field

ltCol Gabreski of the 61st FS, 56th Fighter Group stands with the ground crew

P-47 Thunderbolt of the 78th Fighter Group fitted with a 20mm cannon 24 October 1944

P-47 Thunderbolt “My Baby” of the 84th Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group

P-47 Thunderbolt black 75 42-27419 of the 80th FG, 90th Fighter Squadron, 10th AF Burma 1944

318th Fighter Group crew paint tail markings onto a P-47 Thunderbolt

P-47 Thunderbolt in flight

P-47D Thunderbolt 42-28152 of the 1st Air Commando Group

Ground crew of the 1st Brazil FS, 350th Fighter Group work on a P-47 Thunderbolt 42-26756 Italy

P-47D 42-75244 D3-M of the 397th FS, 368th FG

P-47 Thunderbolt of the 58th FG

P-47 transport August 1943

Armorer installs rocket tubes onto a “Tish VII” P-47D Thunderbolt code W3-F from 313th FS, 50th FG

Lt Quince Brown and pilots of the 84th FS, 78th Fighter Group with a P-47 Thunderbolt “Okie”

P-47D-25 Thunderbolt 42-26418 of the 61st FS, 56th FG, pilot Col Francis S. Gabreski

P-47 Thunderbolt code A20

Thunderbolts in North Africa

Ground personnel of the the 1st Air Commando Group work on P-47 – India February 1945

P-47 Thunderbolt April 1945 15th AF Italy

bomb cluster fitted to the wing of a P-47 Thunderbolt of the 78th FG – 12 July 1944

P-47 Thunderbolt #70 44-32718 of the 1st Air Commando Group

Ground personnel of the 381st FS, 325th Fighter Group refuel a P-47 Thunderbolt “Wild Hair”

CAPT Alfred F. Eaton of the 84th FS, 78th FG in the cockpit of P-47D Thunderbolt 42-26682 WZ-U

P-47D 42-26637 “Kokomo” VM-P of the 551st FS. 495th FG, pilot MGEN Kepner

Armorers of the 366th FG service the weapons on a P-47 Thunderbolt at St Pierre du Mont airfield A-1, June 1944

Ground personnel of the 358th FG prepare to start the engine of a P-47 Thunderbolt “Chunky”

Crash land on take off at Debden – 5 January 1944

P-47D Thunderbolt 42-26044 HV-Z “Silver Lady” of the 61st FS, 56th FG at Boxted

P-47 Thunderbolt 44-20571 of the 365th Fighter Group

P-47 Thunderbolt code H34 42-76059 of the 58th Fighter Group, 310th FS New Guinea 1944

P-47 Thunderbolt black 88 45-49355 “Big Stud”, pilot Col Robert Baseler of the 325th FG

2lt Eugene J. Timony from 63rd FS, 56th FG in cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt

Close Up View of .50 Caliber Blast Tubes on P-47

Damaged P-47 Thunderbolt Italy

P-47D of the 365th FS, 358th FG at St. Pierre du Mont A-1 June 1944

Prototype XP-47J 43-46952

P-47 Thunderbolt 3T-X 42-28280 “Patty” of the 36th Fighter Group

Crashed P-47 Thunderbolt 2N-L of the 50th Fighter Group

P-47 Thunderbolt code E2-W 42-75221 “Contrary Mary” of the 375th FS, 361st Fighter Group

P-47 Thunderbolts 5F-A and 5F-G of the 5th ERS in flight over Lampham

cleaning guns on a P-47 Thunderbolt 1st Brazilian Fighter Squadron Italy

P-47 Thunderbolt #57 42-27886 “MISS LORRAINE” Morotai 1945

P-47 Thunderbolt #44 42-27423 of the 5th Air Force

wreck of a P-47 Thunderbolt that crashed on take off

Early P-47 Thunderbolt 41-6182

P-47 Thunderbolt in China

P-47 42-74742 named “War Eagle” from 84th FS, 78th Fighter Group, pilot Capt Julius Maxwell

loading 1000lb bomb on a P-47 Thunderbolt of the 201st Mexican FS Porac Airstrip Philippine Islands – 26 June 1945

P-47 Thunderbolt code PZ-T 42-8682 “Little Evey” of the 352nd FG at Bodney

P-47D Thunderbolt 42-75564 of the 406th FS, 371st FG – 21 March 1944

Ground personnel work on P-47 Thunderbolt 42-270795 324th FG

P-47 Thunderbolt of the 48th FG “Miss Lace” France

Republic P-47D-5-RE Thunderbolt serial 42-8544

P-47D Thunderbolt 42-74742 WZ-D “Snafu” of the 83rd FS, 78th Fighter Group

damaged tail of a P-47 Thunderbolt 42-7527 of the 78th Fighter Group

P-47 Thunderbolt 42-75939 “My Jeanne” of the 348th Fighter Group releases a fuel tank during a test flight – February 1944

An armament crew of 1st Brazilian FS prepares P-47 Thunderbolt for a mission Italy

P-47D 42-27480 “Burma Yank” of the 89th FS, 80th Fighter Group – Myitkyina Burma

Lt Col. John Haesler prepares to take off in P-47 Thunderbolt 397th FS in France 1944

Col Stecker 365th FG inspects a flak hole in his P-47 Thunderbolt Azeville airfield A-7 France 1944

Crashed P-47D Thunderbolt 42-8311 1943

Prototype XP-47K Thunderbolt 1943

P-47 Thunderbolts 42-75855 and 42-75228 of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron in flight

1lt Robert S.Johnson and CAPT Mahurin beside P-47D Thunderbolt 42-8487 code UN-M

Thunderbolts 42-7954 “Pin up Girl” and 41-6249 “Vee gaile” of the 78th FG, 82nd FS at Duxford England

Lt Harding Zumwalt 83rd FS, 78th FG and his ground crew

P-47Ds of the 405th FS 8N-R and 406th FS 4W-T from 371st FG fall 1944

Lt Virgil Meroney of the 487th FS, 352nd FG in the cockpit of his P-47D Thunderbolt 42-8473 HO-V

pilot of the 78th FG inspects the damaged cockpit of a P-47 Thunderbolt

P-47D Thunderbolt serial 42-28367 of the 506th FS, 404th Fighter Group Fritzlar Germany Y-86

Thunderbolts of the 19th FS, 318th Fighter Group – Hawaiian Islands

P-47 Thunderbolt HL-B 41-6335 of the 82nd FS, 78th Fighter Group

P-47 Thunderbolt from 65th Fighter Squadron 57th Fighter Group Italy

P-47D Thunderbolt of the 22nd FS, 36th Fighter Group is extricated from the mud of Le Culot airfield A-89 Belgium December 1944

Thunderbolt #877 42-23194 of the 33rd Fighter Group, 14th Air Force China – 14 August 1944

Lt Col Jim Daley of the 371st FG climbs out of his P-47 Thunderbolt after a mission August 1944

P-47D Thunderbolt 42-26664 “Snuffy II” of the 405th Fighter Squadron, 371st FG 8N-P 1944

Two seat P-47 from 365th Fighter Group

French Thunderbolt white 38 42-25830 of Groupe De Chasse II/5

P-47D serial 42-76279 coded D5-H, pilot 2lt John A. Weese of the 386th FS 365th FG – 10 June 1944 Normandy

Ground personnel of the 78th FG refuel a P-47 Thunderbolt at Duxford August 1944

P-47 Thunderbolts: 4K-F 42-28357 “Mommie Lil Biddy”, 4K-I 44-20274, 4K-R 42-2632 of the 404th Fighter Group in flight

P-47 42-75094 3rd Bomb Division crash landed, 28 July 1944 Snetterton Heath

P-47 Thunderbolts make first appearance in England May 1943

P-47 Thunderbolt 3T-V 44-19863 of the 36th Fighter Group, 22nd Fighter Squadron in flight

P-47 Thunderbolt 42-8532 of the 389th Bomb Group

1Lt Miller on P-47D Thunderbolt 42-8511 of the 352nd FG, 328th FS PE-W “Red Raider”

P-47 Thunderbolts X51, X68 and X40 of the 79th Fighter Group – April 1945 Italy

CAPT Amos Bomberger II of the 361st FS, 356th FG in the cockpit of his P-47D Thunderbolt 42-26649 “Miss Carriage”

P-47 Thunderbolt captured by the Luftwaffe

“Boilermaker” P-47D of a squadron assigned to the 1st TAF January 1945

P-47 from 318th FG, 7th Fighter Command. Crew Chief on Thunderbolt wing

formation of P-47 Thunderbolts. Y36 43-25372 in the foreground

P-47 Thunderbolt black 98, serial 42-27470 of the 80th Fighter Group Burma

P-47 Thunderbolt 368th Fighter Group Col Frank Perego with Gen Quesada

P-47 Thunderbolt arrives at Meeks Field Iceland – 2nd Service Group 9 August 1943

P-47 Thunderbolt 42-75939 “My Jeanne” of the 348th FG

P-47 Thunderbolt 42-25507 “Huckle De Buck” of the 405th Fighter Group

French P-47 Thunderbolt 44-20676

P-47 Thunderbolt white 33 “Little Sir Echo” of the 325th Fighter Group

Ground crew man of the 358th Fighter Group guides a taxying P-47 Thunderbolt 42-75102

Col Joseph Laughlin of the 362nd FG

P-47D Thunderbolt code 4K-V, serial 42-28533 of the 506th FS, 404th FG on the ramp at Fritzlar AB Germany

P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on airfield Philippines

P-47 Thunderbolt X92 “Martha Darling” 42-26706 of the 79th FG being refuelled Italy 1944

P-47 Thunderbolt coded HL-X 42-28635 of the 83rd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group

P-47 Thunderbolts in the maintenance

P-47 Thunderbolt code 7C4, serial 42-26573 of the 324th Fighter Group – Cerignola Italy