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TALES TO NOSES
OVER BERLIN Tales To Noses Over Berlin1 898575 02 9book.php?book=2&booktitle=tales-to-noses-over-berlin
OVER BERLIN Tales To Noses Over Berlin1 898575 02 9book.php?book=2&booktitle=tales-to-noses-over-berlin
MERSEBURG:
BLOOD, FLAK & OIL Merseburg: Blood, Flak and Oil978-1-898575-04-7book.php?book=3&booktitle=merseburg-blood-flak-and-oil
BLOOD, FLAK & OIL Merseburg: Blood, Flak and Oil978-1-898575-04-7book.php?book=3&booktitle=merseburg-blood-flak-and-oil
PLANE NAMES &
BLOODY NOSES - 100BG(H) Plane Names And Bloody Noses1 898575 01 0book.php?book=4&booktitle=plane-names-and-bloody-noses-100th-bomb-group
BLOODY NOSES - 100BG(H) Plane Names And Bloody Noses1 898575 01 0book.php?book=4&booktitle=plane-names-and-bloody-noses-100th-bomb-group
THE FLIGHT OF EAGLES:
USAAF Evasion In Occupied Europe during December 1943 The Flight Of Eaglesbook.php?book=5&booktitle=the-flight-of-eagles-usaaf-evasion-in-occupied-europe
USAAF Evasion In Occupied Europe during December 1943 The Flight Of Eaglesbook.php?book=5&booktitle=the-flight-of-eagles-usaaf-evasion-in-occupied-europe
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Five x Five
P-47D
P-47D
362nd Fighter Group, 379th Fighter Squadron
Nose art painted by
Capt George RAREY
362nd Fighter Group, 379th Fighter Squadron
Wormingford, England
Capt George RAREY
362nd Fighter Group, 379th Fighter Squadron
Wormingford, England
Assigned to Col Joseph Laughlin the CO of 362nd Fighter Group who flew the group's first combat mission on 8th February 1944 escorting B24s to St Omer. Laughlin led the 379FS with Red Flight, accompanied by George Rarey and two others.
On his second sortie, 10th February, Laughlin claimed the group's first "probable" kill by hitting an Me109 just inside the German border
The serial number of "5x5" is not yet known but a replica of this Thunderbolt is displayed at the National Museum of the USAF in Ohio.
No mission listing is currently available for this aircraft
On his second sortie, 10th February, Laughlin claimed the group's first "probable" kill by hitting an Me109 just inside the German border
The serial number of "5x5" is not yet known but a replica of this Thunderbolt is displayed at the National Museum of the USAF in Ohio.
No mission listing is currently available for this aircraft