american p-47

P-47 Thunderbolt pilots from the 397th Fighter Squadron, 368th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force at a rough strip near St. Mere Eglise on June 15,1944. By the end of August, all 18 of the 9th Air Force's fighter-bomber and 4 of its medium bomber groups were based on the continent. 
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397th Fighter Squadron

Piloted by Lt. Wendell H. Marlowe of the 434th Fighter Squadron of the 479th Fighter group (Robin Olds' group)-- Marlowe was shot down by a German fighter and KIA in this plane on Christmas Day 1944.