P-47D-2 Windy City Kitty James Currin 341st FS 348th FG

[Davecww1]

Looking for photo of Windy City Kitty showing numbers on tail, and possibly better photo of nose art. Was flown by James Currin in 1943 in New Guinea. All I have is this blurry photo from his biography, and he does not describe the serial number or squadron number, but since he is in 341st squadron it would be a yellow tail tip and aircraft number on the tail.
Thanks
Dave

 

[mjfur]

I don't have a photo but you can build a list of 341st aircraft serial numbers. You can then eliminate some by date of accident or missing.

Type in P-47 and 341 in the appropriate boxes.
Accidents

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MACR

Search USAAF Missing Aircrew Reports 1941-1948

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If it is a -2, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt variants - Wikipedia

• P-47D-2-RE, with turbo-supercharger shroud removed.[4]​ 445 built.[8]​
• P-47D-2-RA, Evansville equivalent of the D-2-RE. 200 built.

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Scroll down to P-47D-2 and do a search (ctrl F) for 341st FS and make a list of the serial numbers.

42-7958/8402 Republic P-47D-2-RE Thunderbolt

http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_1.html

42-22364/22563 Republic P-47D-2-RA Thunderbolt

http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_1a.html

 

[fubar57]

Don't know if you've been here. Though the thread is 14yrs old, the OP is still active..... http://ww2f.com/threads/history-of-the-348th-fighter-group.37064/