USAAF Nose Art Research Project


 

Scarsdale Legionnaire
P-47D-2-RE 42-8390

353rd Fighter Group, 352nd Squadron



Scarsdale Legionnaire
One of 65 Thunderbolt P47s purchased through War Bonds by residents of Scarsdale, NY, it crashed on take off at Raydon when its left tyre blew out on 22 April 1944. The pilot 1Lt Robert Guertz escaped but the aircraft was destroyed, having swerved off the runway and nosed over.




 
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