Captured heavy french panzer tank Char B1. France 1940
red spade symbol, vehicle of the 1st platoon of a 3rd company
DJIBOUTI No 291 28 e BCC 3 e company
Assigned to the 1st Battalion of the 510th RCC in Châlons sur Marne. Poured to 28th BCC on 26 August 1939.
Crew: Head of tank: Lieutenant Jacques Gay.
Pilot: Master Corporal Gustave Glassant.
Pilot aide: Hunter Georges Thouret.
Radio: Chasseur Camille Pachere.
42-24998 P-47G-5-CU Congaree Army Air Field (South Carolina, USA) - May 1, 1944 at Wampee Landing Strip
(South Carolina, USA) - Pilot: Eugene J. McCloskey
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Eugene McCloskey, SN O-810396, Air Medal with 5 oak leaf clusters (1 silver oak leaf cluster).
Was with 404th FG in Normandy
based at Le Mesnil Eury, France in July 1944
Aircraft was assigned to 338 Fighter Group/441th Fighter Squadron at the time of the accident.
It was listed as "Forced landing out of gas".
Early P-47 Thundebolt, Razorback