367TH FIGHTER GROUP

"THE DYNAMITE GANG"

P38 & P47 VETERANS IN WORLD WAR 2

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LOCKHEED P-38J LIGHTNING

The first American twin-engine fighter , the P-38 was introduced in 1937 and remained in production until 1945. It's futuristic contour helped make it one of the war's best known aircraft. Placement of the P-38's four fifty caliber machine guns and 20mm canon along the pilot's sight line at the front of the fuselage gave it a combat advantage, and helped it attain one of the most impressive combat records of any fighter in the Pacific. The lightning was extensively used as a strafing and photo reconnaissance plane, long range escort fighter and low level support in both the Europeon and Pacific theaters

REPUBLIC P-47D THUNDERBOLT

The Thunderbolt was the largest and heaviest single-engine fighter of the war. A supercharged 18 cylinder 2,000-hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engine made the P-47 the most powerful American fighter of the era. Armed with up to eight machine guns (and capable of being equipped with 2 bombs or 10 rockets), the P-47 was used in both theaters of the conflict as a fighter, low level attack,inteceptor and escort plane serving with American, British, French and Soviet units. The Thunderbolt shown features a later Plexiglas bubble canopy, which greatly improved visibility for the pilot.

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Patrick Kelly                           Vernon J. Truemper                                                                                                                                        
21296 U.S. Highway 52                        1316 Anthony Place
MtCarroll IL 61053                           Camanche,  IA  52730-2039
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Patrick maintains the 367th archives.If anyone has photos or documents that they they no longer want, he will be happy to receive them and keep them with the 367th archives.

We are also trying to maintain a database of all persons who were in the 367th Fighter Group.

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367th SCRAPBOOK - MEN AND PLANES OF THE 367TH

367th SCRAPBOOK - MEN BEHIND THE MISSIONS OF THE 367th- (Updated July 2013)
SOME STORIES OF THE 367th IN A NEW BOOK AUTHORED BY ONE OF OUR OWN
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