Pieces from the P-47 wreckage and bullets which were recovered. (Credits: Uwe Benkel)

P-47 Thunderbolt of the Free French Air Force to be recovered

On February, 14 1945 two U.S. P-47 „Thunderbolt“ aircraft from the Groupe de Chasse I/4 “Navarre”, an unit equipped with French pilots of the Free French Air Force (FFAF), took off from their airbase Dole-Tavaux. One of the pilots was 24-year old Capitaine Antoine Allard, born 1920 in Paris. The two aircraft were flying into Germany for a mission in the …

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