“The Bug”, flown by Captain Arlie Blood of the 510th FS,405th FG,9th Air Force. Blood’s career was a rollicking one, including two bail outs where he was too low for his chute to open properly, a time with the French Resistance, and a narrow escape from a Nazi firing squad.

P-47D “The Bug”

P-47D 43-25555 HV-U of the 61st Fighter Squadron assigned pilot currently unknown. Shadow on nose is from the photo-ship, and flying wing is Lt. Robert J Rankin’s 42-74662 HV-H “Wicked Wacker Weegie”.

Bare metal P-47D razorback

de Havilland Mosquito of the USAAF’s 416th Night Fighter Squadron, 12th Air Force, parked at Pisa Airport, Italy, Autumn 1944 or early 1945. Deployed on some locations on Corsica and Italy, the 416th NFS was finally based at Pisa from October 1944. Victor Sierra