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P-47D in The French Mud

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

P-47D razor

P-47D Thunderbolt 42-25234. Serial 42-25234. Civil Registration: N3395G. 'Spirit Of Atlantic City, NJ'

American fighter pilot Fred Joseph Christensen Jr. (1921–2006) displays his aerial victory markers while seated in the cockpit of a Republic P-47D Thunderbolt.

During the war, Christensen, serving with the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force, claimed 21.5 aerial victories in 107 combat missions (including shooting down six German Ju-52 transports in a single day). 1944

Huie Henry Lamb, Jr. flew this plane along with Grant Turley. Huie passed away at 101 years old at home in Austin, Texas, on September 13th, 2025. My grandpa always told me meet as many of these people as I could years ago and I did just that. Fewer than 50,000 of the 16 and a ½ million Americans who served in WWII are still alive. My grandpa was in the pacific theater of war and his carrier was the Shokaku.

23 June 1944. P-47 Thunderbolt piloted by Captain Raymond M. Walsh of the 406th Fighter Group silhouetted against the exploding ammunition truck he just strafed, France.🇫🇷

Captain Walker Melville "Bud" Mahurin (December 5, 1918 - May 11, 2010), 56th Fighter Group, USAF, speaks to technician Staff Sergeant John E. Barnes from the wing of his P-47 Thunderbolt at RAF Halesworth. 1943