P-47

A Republic P-47B Thunderbolt, tail #227738, on pavement at an airbase in in Burma during WWII. P-38 #423800 is behind.

A row of tightly packed American aircraft at at an airstrip in Burma, probably in 1944, including B-25, P-40, C-47, P-47, etc. Apparently they were not concerned about Japanese air raids given the tight layout. Aircraft in Burma near the 797th Engineer Forestry Company. During WWII.

A Republic P-47 Thunderbolt at an airstrip in Burma in 1944. Aircraft in Burma near the 797th Engineer Forestry Company. During WWII.

Republic P-47 Thunderbolts at an airstrip in Burma in 1944. Aircraft in Burma near the 797th Engineer Forestry Company. During WWII.

A Republic P-47 Thunderbolt at an airstrip in Burma in 1944. Aircraft in Burma near the 797th Engineer Forestry Company. During WWII.

1st Air Commando Group Officers Club, in Asansol, India, during WWII, February 17, 1945. The sketch above the door on the right is of Colonel Clinton B. Gaty who, after taking off from an air commando fighter squadron in India on February 26, 1945, was spotted circling near Bahlaing, Burma, but was afterwards never seen again--read a great bio for...

Sgt. Andrew R. Allegretto chats with Chinese airmen, with a B-25 in the background. Sgt. Allegretto received the Air Medal for flying on a hazardous mission as part of the "Spray and Pray Squadron," part of CACW. Andrew Ralph Allegretto in CBI arrived aboard MISSION BAY. He volunteered for some of the squadron’s most perilous missions. ALLEGRETTO, Andrew Ralph ("Swifty"...