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Neat Flickr Pic!!! All sorts of Beasties.

From: D. Shelely

Caption: 9th Air Force Thunderbolts from the 50th Fighter Group at a base somewhere in France. The two nearest planes are from the 81st Fighter Squadron. Note the damaged RAF Spitfires in the background and the one damaged P-47.

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Shay wrote:
Neat Flickr Pic!!!

From: D. Shelely

Caption: 9th Air Force Thunderbolts from the 50th Fighter Group at a base somewhere in France. The two nearest planes are from the 81st Fighter Squadron. Note the damaged RAF Spitfires in the background and the one damaged P-47.

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Tell me, what do you see?

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2 P-47s
1 set of P-51 wheels
1 P-51 on it's belly
1 Spitfire on it's belly
2 damaged P-47s
Possibly 1 P-51 in back

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That's a neat photo.

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Shay wrote:
Note the damaged RAF Spitfires in the background


Actually a U.S. Navy Spitfire (of VCS-7.) It just looks like it is RAF. :)

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AirJimL2 wrote:
Actually a U.S. Navy Spitfire (of VCS-7.) It just looks like it is RAF. :)

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Thanks Jim for another little piece of history I did not know about!! :D

More on the VCS-7:
http://spitfiresite.com/2010/04/spitfires-of-the-us-navy.html

Considering the short duration of VCS-7's combat time with Spitfires, it could help to closer date the picture.


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51fixer wrote:
5 Bovines
2 P-47s
1 set of P-51 wheels
1 P-51 on it's belly
1 Spitfire on it's belly
2 damaged P-47s
Possibly 1 P-51 in back

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I should add-
Bovines are airworthy
1st 2 P-47s look airworthy
The others I would say are Grounded

Cool photo.
Must have been one of a few safe places to put a damaged A/C down near the front lines at that point.
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P-47s, Mustangs, Spitfires and steers. Sounds like Texas to me!
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Looks like 42-25904 is tied to MACR 8500 on Aug. 17, 1944 (just a month after the photo was taken). Pilot Arthur C. Davis KIA over Bernay, France. As stated before 50th FG, 81st FS


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