’Madhatters’ P-47D Thunderbolt - D-Day ’75

#P47Thunderbolt #P47 #Thunderbolt #492ndFighterSquadron #Madhatters An interesting article here about flying this particular Thunderbolt:- This Republic P-47D Thunderbolt bears the colours and markings of a machine, nicknamed ’Nellie B’, that served with the 492nd Fighter Squadron, 48th Fighter Group, United States 9th Air Force in the UK and Europe during 1944, during D-Day on the 6th of June 1944 and up until the liberation and end of WW2 in Europe on 8th May 1945. The code F4 on the side of the Thunderbolt was assigned to the 492nd Fighter Squadron and ’J’ is the machines letter code within the squadron. The present day 492nd Fighter Squadron currently operate F-15 Strike Eagles from RAF Lakenheath, UK. Since 1953, when they were based at Chaumont, France after reactivation, the 492nd Fighter Squadron has been nicknamed ’Madhatters’, after their adopted tradition of wearing hats significant to their base of operations. When based in France they ado