6347 Nicknamed "Lil Abner" (62nd FS, 56th FG, 8th AF) hit while parked by taxiing aicraft at RAF Halesworth, Suffolk, England Sep 13, 1943. Aircraft badly damaged but repaired and converted to 2-seater for use by XXIX TAC. Aircraft condemned Jan 21, 1946
Barnhill flies his P-47D Thunderbolt off the deck of Escort Carrier USS Manila Bay to ward off an aerial attack from four D3A Aichi "Val" dive bombers ..
at the liverpool docks a huge 60 ton cranes gently lifts a 6 ton republic p 47 thunderbolt from the flight deck of an aircraft carrier note aircaft i foreground seemingly precariopusly perched atop a truck that will bring ti through liverpool's streets