41-6209 (4th FG, 334th FS, then 56th FG) was 56th FG Col Hub Zemke's personal aircraft. Took part in first combat in ETO for the P-47, dated Mar 10, 1943. with 56th FG, 62nd FS damaged by Fw 190A and crashed at Oude-Tonge, Netherlands Jul 30, 1943. MACR 218. Pilot Lt R.E.Stover bailed out but was KIA.
Republic XP-47H Thunderbolt. Republic XP-47H Thunderbolt fighter (s/n 42-23298)on the ground. Ttwo P-47D-15-RE airframes were equipped with the experimental 2300 hp Chrysler XIV-2220-1 sixteen-cylinder inverted liquid-cooled engine. These aircraft were redesignated XP-47H.