P-47 IS PREPARED FOR ACTION OVER FOR GERMANY.

An old B24 Liberator bomber, stripped of all equipment and fitted with a radio control system to be operated from a 'mother' plane after the B24 crew had baled out, blew up in mid-air during a trial flight in preparation for 'Operation Aphrodite' the code name for the bombing of the flying bomb sites on the Continent. An electrical malfunction triggered the explosion killing the pilot and co-pilot. The pilot was Lieutenant Joseph Kennedy, the older brother of John F Kennedy the future President of the USA.
The Kennedy clan did have their share of tragedies...
taken from fb/alex de groot

Tragedy in the air

Oscar F. Nadaskay, Staff Sergeant, USAAF, WWII
Served in the Pacific Theatre of War
Top Turret Gunner and Mechanic on B-24 Aircraft
26th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy)

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