P-61A-1-NO Black Widow "Midnight Mickey" S/N 42-5524 of the 6th Night Fighter Squadron, 20th Air Force July 19,1944.

Northrop P-61 Black Widow

Corsica, Alto airfield, base of the USAAF’s 57th Fighter Group from 24 March to 17 September 1944: remote area lifting hoist very mobile and used mostly for lifting P-47 Thunderbolt tail section, attaches to front of Cat, uses winch for power. Photo by the album of the Master Sergeant Fred M. Symmank, Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Chief, 65th Fighter Squadron “Fighting Cocks”, 57th Fighter Group. Victor Sierra



Lifting the Thunderbolt

Ground crew hanging a bomb with manual labor on Lt. Norm Thompson's P-47 "Princess Pat" on Saipan.(rudeerude)