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Nose art painted by S/Sgt Don E Allen
4th Fighter
Group, 334th Fighter Squadron
Debden, England
LITTLE BUTCH P-47C 41-6410 334th Squadron
Assigned to Capt William B Smith
Capt Smith flew two combat tours
with 4th Fighter Group. This Thunderbolt was his first aircraft which was later
assigned to Lt Gilbert Ross and 1Lt Richard Douglas. After taking leave
in the USA Smith returned to fly his second tour in a P51D (44-14281) until killed
on 13th September 1944. After being hit by flak while strafing an airfield near
Ulm, Germany, Smith pulled up to around 400ft, rolled over and exploded on impact
with the ground.
© Ray Bowden
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