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P-47 Thunderbolt in Italy
The wings badly dented, and the sturdy propeller grawed and bent but this Republic P-47 Thunderbolt came home to its base in Italy. The pilot Lt. Richard P. Sulzbach of 1706 Rebecca St., Sioux City, Iowa, while on a strafing mission flew too low and was forced to fly through a clump of trees. THIS WAS A BRAND NEW AC - NO TIME TO PAINT EMBLEMS / MARKINGS YET - PUT NEW WINGS AND ENGINE ON IT AND HAD IT BACK IN COMBAT, SHORTLY