P-47D Thunderbolt fighters take off from East Field airfield on Saipan island

P-47D Thunderbolt fighters take off from East Field airfield on Saipan island

Mar 15, 2019 #US Army
P-47D Thunderbolt

 

P-47D fighter aircraft from the 19th Squadron of the 318th Fighter Group of the 7th US Air Force take off from the East Field airfield, located on the island of Saipan.

Lead pilot John “Jack” H. Payne on the P-47D-20-RA Big Squaw aircraft, serial number 43-25327.

The dump truck, allegedly, “Diamond T-972”.


Source of P-47D Thunderbolt photo information:

  1. en.wikipedia.org




Location: Saipan Island, Mariana Islands
Image Date: October 1944

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