A flak damaged P-47 Thunderbolt from the 367th FS, 358th FG, 9th AF after crashlanding at an airfield in France. The pilot (Lt. Jacob C. Blazicek) was wounded by the flak and knocked unconscious when the plane nosed over. 16 June 1944.

Hard landing I

Venice, May 1945: «Col. Knight appears to be enhancing our relations with the Italians» write the Lt. James C. "Wabbit" Hare, 65th Squadron, 57th Fighter Group, USAAF, author of the photo. Story’s follow-up? I don’t know… the Lt. Hare is very discreet… The Colonel Archie J. Knight is Commanding Officers of the 57th Fighter Group at this time deployed on Verona, Villafranca airport. By bye. Victor Sierra

Love story in Venice?

A second view of the same battle damaged P-47, somewhere in France, 16 June 1944. This photo seems to have been taken before the first one as the pilot is still inside the cockpit.

First photo: 

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