Anyone info on P-47C 41-6335

[xraymmx]

P-47C 41-6335 78FG/ 83FS 2nd Lt J.H. Johnson

Anyone more info?

Thanks

[Aknevelman]

The missing air crew report (6 pages) is on line. Seems you can get 7 day free access. Document is associated with John Henry Johnson.

http://www.footnote.com/browsemore/28615687_/

Source Information of this document:

Publication Number: M1380
Publication Title: Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs) of the U.S. Army Air Forces, 1941-1948
Publisher: NARA
Short Description: NARA M1380. Over 16,000 case files of Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs) and related records of the US Army Air Forces, 1942-1947.
Year: 1944 (note: crash took place 22 Feb that year)
Serial Number: 41-6335
Report Number: 2669
Location: Eindhoven Area Holland (note: crashed 15:15)
Point Of Departure: A A F Sta F - 357 (note:this is Air Force Station F-357 Duxford, England)

Regards

[Aknevelman]

After some more browsing I found that 41-6335 had a name: ' El Jeepo'.
See serial number on the tail of the plane.
Name is based on the character Eugene the Jeep from the Popeye & Olive Oyl cartoon. The Jeep is painted on a shiled on both sides of the plane.
On the picture the marking is HL-B, at the time of the crash it was HL-A.
The website of the 78 FG mentions J.H. Johnson was POW. He must have survived the crash.

[BigWeeker]

If interested, I have the MACR on this, which contains a couple of Combat/Loss Reports by other 78FG pilots....

BW

[xraymmx]

Surely I'm interested.

I found a picture of a plane wreck (only motor on the picture) wich fell near my house.
I think it's this plane.

Ray
(r.bogaars@planet.nl)