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 Post subject: P-47 at Bradley Field
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A test pilot demonstrates the versatility of the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft in a demonstration over Bradley Field. Source: Connecticut State Library, State Archives, PG 048

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Great shot!
This photo was taken on the East side of the airport looking West. Current Terminal building would be on the opposite side of this photo.
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Awesome shots! Anymore from our little state? :wink:

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Members of a Chemical Warfare squad demonstrate the decontamination of an airplane at Bradley Field.

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The Air Museum was housed in that hangar for a few years before the 1979 Tornado.
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Great pictures CDF. Thanks for posting them :drink3:

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Referencing the first pic, are those early models, P-47Bs or Cs?

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They look like c models, but could be d :drink3: :drink3: :drink3:

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From what I can see, at least 2 of the Thunderbolts in the first picture are P-47D's. I make out serial numbers:

42-22564 P-47D-3-RA (marked V19 in the pic) & 42-22417 P-47D-2-RA (marked V36 in the pic)

Both were Evansville built (42-22564 being the first -3-RA) & both have had accident history according to the aviation archaeology website. There could be a few C models in there, but B models have a forward swept antenna behind the canopy.

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