World War II Veteran Ray Maloney was a P-47 pilot who was shot down over enemy territory and was taken to the Prisoner Of War Camp “Stalag Luft III”, in Zagan, Poland, which was run by the Luftwaffe. This was the same camp which served as the inspiration for the movie “The Great Escape“. What …
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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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Are the first parts of 2nd Lt. Warner H. Marsh jr.’s P-47 found and can he finally be brought home again? On 5 November 1944 twin-engined American aircraft of type Havoc (A-20), which were escorted by P-47 Thunderbolt fighter planes from the 362nd Fighter Group, attacked an ammunition dump northeast of Homburg. Two of the Thunderbolts collided …
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