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Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt 44-19613 (MSN 5021) 527th FS [80], 86th FG, 12th AF; Shot down by flak 2 miles W of Oderzo, Italy on the 11th of November 1944.
Pilot MIA.

 

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Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt 44-19713 (MSN 5121) 386th FS, 365th FG, 9th AF; "Miss Pussy IV" (named for the pilot's wife).

 

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Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt 44-19813 (MSN 5221) Lend-Lease to Royal AF as Thunderbolt Mk.II, serial KJ175; No.258 Squadron, Air Command South East Asia; No.261 Squadron; Crashed after sustaining damage when hit by ground fire at Taungledaw, SW of Mandalay, Burma, on the 18th of February 1945.
The pilot was captured but escaped, only to be captured again; incredibly he managed to escape a second time and returned to his squadron.

 

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Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt 44-19913 492nd FS, 48th FG, 9th AF, Saint-Truiden [A-92], Belgium; Mid air collision on the 2nd of March 1945 with P-47D 42-29209 and crashed 2 miles NW of Lille, Belgium.
Pilot bailed out.

 

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Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt 44-20013 Lend-Lease to French: Armée de l'Air Française; Groupe de Chasse III/3 "Ardennes"; Accident on the 31st of October 1953 near Tizi Ouzou, Algeria; Centre d'Entrainement des Rerves de l'Armée de l'Air (G), Rabat-Salé-Kenitra (BA151), French Morocco; Escadron d'Entramement et de Calibration 1/17.

 

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Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt 44-20113, 347th FS (7A5), 350th FG, 12th AF; Crashed 7 miles NW of Parma, Italy while strafing a German staff car 5 miles ENE of Parma, Italy during a weather reconnaissance mission in the Po valley, Italy on the 7th of March 1945.
Aircraft dived on the target but was too low and the pilot could not pull up; the aircraft hit the ground and rolled over.
Pilot was killed.

 

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One of johnbr's posts

 

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Source: Interweb

 

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The time when Petrovic flew this machine is the end of June 1937. Fighting in Spain as a volunteer, in order not to cause any trouble to his family back home in Belgrade, he took the pseudonym Fernandez Garcia. He took over his I-15 in the end of June 1937, in Murcia, where it was an assembly line for the aircraft, shipped in parts from Soviet Union. At this time, 1a Escuadrilla de Chatos was based in El Coto airfield, 26 km north-east from Madrid, in between the cities Alcala de Henares and Guadalajara. The unit was engaged at many fronts, specially in the defense of Spanish capital. The squadron Commander was major Ivan Eremenko, while the 'Teniente Garcia's' wingman was another Soviet volunteer Leonid Rybkin.

From July 1st to July 12th 1937, Petrovic was flying this aircraft in about 30 missions, but after it there is no data. Still, it is recorded that from July 1st to July 7th, Petrovic shoot down 3 Fiats CR.32 and a single Heinkel He.51. And then, in July 8th, north from city of Avila (some 100 km from Madrid), during the massive air duel with numerous fighters on the both sides, Petrovic manage to shut down the Messerschmitt Bf.109B. According to some, this was the very first shot down Bf.109 in Spanish Civil War. Few days later, near the Madrid, he shot down the Heinkel He.111B bomber.

Petrovic quickly became popular. His face was even on the posters on the walls of Paris, the Interbrigade recruitment center, calling for the new volunteers to help the Republic. In order to save a brilliant pilot, in a highest military circles the decision was made: to withdraw Petrovic from the battle and send him to Soviet Union, since the authorities of Kingdom of Yugoslavia were put him outlaw. Still, the decision did not prevent Petrovic to break the orders and, on the July 12th and probably on some other Chato, he shoots down another Fiat CR.32. It was his 7th and the last victory.

Bozidar Bosko Petrovic died in July 18th, 1937, at the age of only 26 (he was born in April 11th, 1911), and there are two versions of his death. Soviet military sources claim that he is shot down in a battle with two enemy fighters, while the other source states that, fighting a single Fiat CR.32, Petrovic probably suspects that enemy pilot tries to avoid the battle and dive after him. When the Fiat crashed, Petrovic begin to pull out his fighter from diving, but the aircraft's construction did not withstand. He unsuccessfully tried to regain control and crashed in a near valley. The whereabouts of its body remains unknown, but probably in a mass grave at Brunete.

The red wingtips and the red belt around the fuselage were standard insignia of the Republican Air Force established at the very beginning of the war. A pre-war tricolor of a Second Spanish Republic (red-yellow-purple) remains in tail, with large white squadron number 13 over it and white ring in front of it. The ring around the engine is black. Upper surfaces were dark-green, while the lower were light-blue.

 

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Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt 44-20313 Lend-Lease to Royal AF as Thunderbolt Mk.II, serial KJ303; No.258 Squadron, Air Command South East Asia; SOC on the 14th November 1946.

 

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Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt 44-20413 379th FS [B8-Y], 362nd FG, 9th AF, Verdun/Etain (A-82), France; "Bonnie" / "Fly-Seek-Destroy"; "Bonnie Lynn" / "Fly-Seek-Destroy"; crash landed on the 22nd of March 1945 at Verdun; To Türk Hava Kuvvetleri as serial 7113; 8 Alay/2 Bl; WFU.

 

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Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt 44-20513 Lend-Lease to Royal AF as Thunderbolt Mk.II, serial KJ353; No.73 Operational Training Unit, Air Command South East Asia, Fayid, Egypt; SOC on the 14th of March 1946; Noted at No.107 Maintenance Unit, Kasfareet, Canal Zone, Egypt in August 1947.

 

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Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt 44-20613 394th FS (4N-L), 367th FG, 9th AF, Conflans-en-Jarnisy/Jarny (A-94), France; "Jenny"; damaged on the 22nd of March 1945 taxying at Jarny; Frankfurt/Eschborn (Y-74), Germany; crashed on thec19th of June 1945 one mile NW of Felheim, Germany.
Pilot killed.

 

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Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt 44-20713 392nd FS (H5-G), 367th FG, 9th AF, Conflans-en-Jarnisy/Jarny (A-94), France; damaged on the 7th of April 1945 taxying at Jarny.
Pilot survived, aircraft badly damaged, unknown if repaired.

 

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Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt 44-20813 Lend-Lease to Armée de l'Air Française on the 17th of December 1944; Groupe de Chasse I/5 "Champagne" (C9-T); force landed on the 17th of April 1945 near Bordeaux, France; Groupe de Chasse III/3 "Ard.ennes" (A); Centre d'Instruction à la Chasse, Meknès (BE708), French Morocco; Accident on the 21st of September 1945 at La Reghaïa, Algeria

 

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Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt 44-20913 Lend-Lease to Armée de l'Air Française Dec44; Groupe de Chasse I/4 "Navarre", Luxeuil (Y-8), France; Damaged by flak on the 21st of March 1945; destroyed by fire on the 10th of April 1945 at Luxeuil.
During the take-off, one of the bombs exploded, broke the wing and set the aircraft on fire.
The pilot had only time to direct his plane towards the edge of the runway, to jump off the plane and to go under the explosions of machine gun bullets; two mechanics were wounded by these.

 

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Republic P-47D-30-RE Thunderbolt 44-21013 condemned salvage on the 28th of August 1947.

 

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Republic P-47M Thunderbolt 44-21113 56th FG, 8th AF, Boxted, Station 150; Technical Operations/Operational Engineering Section, 8th AF; 434th FS (L2-H), 479th FG, 8th AF, Wattisham, Station 377; Transition trainer.