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1/Lt Roland Sheridan of the 404th Fighter Group of the Ninth Air Force poses on the wing of a P-47 Thunderbolt, which is ready for take-off.
(Photo: courtesy of John Levesley)
Armament of this Thunderbolt – besides four 0.50-inch machine guns, a half of the standard firepower of this type which can be seen just next to the pilot – is composed of two 500-pound bombs and four 5-inch HVAR rockets (being carried under wings).
The 404th Fighter Group was dispatched to Czechoslovakia only once – on May 4, 1945 when the last large-scale combat operation of the Ninth Air Force occured in this area.
