P-47D 42-8516 'Lucky Boy'

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Jun 23, 2025
Hi everyone

I'd be grateful of any imagery you might be able to share, of P-47D 42-8516 'Lucky Boy':
  • Fuselage code HO-Z
  • Stationed at Bodney, Norfolk, UK (RAF Station #141)
  • Affiliated with 352nd Fighter Group, 487th Fighter Squadron
  • Last flew out on 26th January 1944
  • Crashed that day, MIA/KIA pilot as Lt Lester L Lowry

Thanks in advance!
 

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2LT Lester L Lowry (1920-1944) - Find a Grave...

Entered the service from Pennsylvania. Second Lieutenant Lester L Lowry, service number: O-686646, fighter pilot with the 487th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group. On a local formation training flight on 26 Jan 1944, P-47D 42-8516 failed to pull out of a dive and crashed near Great...
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Accident Republic P-47D Thunderbolt 42-8516, Wednesday 26 January 1944

Crashed.
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