1945-04; Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighters, Fritzlar, Germany airfield
Title
1945-04 ; Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighters , Fritzlar , Germany airfield
Date Original
1945-04
Description
Black & White photograph of the Ninth Army Air Force , 404th Fighter Group at the Fritzlar , Germany (Y.86) , airfield circa April 1945 . The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter plane in the bottom left foreground with 4K , M painted on the fuselage belonged to the 506th Fighter Squadron . Other Republic P-47 Thunderbolts sitting along the edge of the strip in the center of the image belonging to the 506th are identified as Z (olive colored) and the third P-47 in the center is H . The seventh P-47 is identifed at 4K , U . The P-47s with 7J painted on the fuselages beonged to the 508th Fighter Squadron . Maintenance personnel are working on a 7J in the lower right by the hanger . To help navigate the planes , there is a person laying on the wing of each of the P-47s that are taxiing down the strip .
Creator
Unknown
Subject
World War , 1939-1945--Aerial operations , American--Photographs ; United States . Army Air Forces--History--Photographs ; Airplanes , Military--Markings--United States--Photographs ; Thunderbolt (Fighter planes)--Photographs ; Fritzlar (Germany)--History--Photographs ; Soldiers--United States--Photographs
Collection
Arnold Clayton Watkins World War II Photograph Collection , 1942-1945
Publisher Digital
Pittsburg State University, Kansas, Axe Library, Special Collections
Contributors
Joan F. Watkins
Finding Aid
http://axe.pittstate.edu/spcoll/WatkinsArnold.dot
Date Digital
2008-06-11
Type
Still Image
Format
image/jpeg
Media Type
Photographs ;
Identifier
E03_10
Source
Pittsburg State University, Special Collections, 6, Watkins, Arnold Clayton, Envelope 3, 10
Language
English
Relation
Digital reproduction of the Arnold Clayton Watkins Collection, 1942-1945, Pittsburg State University Special Collections & Archives, Coll 6
Coverage-Spatial
Europe--Germany--Hesse--Fritzlar
Coverage-Temporal
World War II ; 1942-1945
Rights
Digital image copyright 2014, Pittsburg State University. All rights reserved. For more information contact the Leonard H. Axe Library Special Collections, PSU, Pittsburg, KS 66762.
Item ID
042
Digital Specifications
Scanners: Microtek i900 Scanmaker; Software Used: Microtek ScanWizard Pro v6.521; Scanned by Janette Mauk on 2008-06-11; Resolution: 1200 ppi; 48-bit depth; Original size: 10x8; TIFF
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