If it is really the MTO and the year ... IMHO 57th Fighter Group,
The first two units to re-equip were Groupes de Chasse II/3 "Dauphiné" and II/5 "La Fayette", both of which moved to Corsica and then the south of mainland France.
They and further units that converted to the Thunderbolt — GC I/4 "Navarre", I/5 "Champagne", III/3 "Ardennes" and III/6 "Roussillon"
ITEM: Original WWII Press Photo of AAF 10,000th REPUBLIC P-47 THUNDERBOLT FIGHTER coming off the assembly line, Farmingdale, Long Island, September 20, 1944. See scans. SOURCE: From the archives of the World War History & Art Museum (WWHAM) in Alliance, Ohio.
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Off to the front in New Guinea, then Philippines, etc. In New Guinea with APO 565 which was at Goodenough Island, Cape Cretin & Hollandia, New Guinea 1944. Also at APO 322 which was at Finschhafen, New Guinea.
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