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    Airframe Family: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
    Latest Model:P-47D-30-RA Thunderbolt
    Last Military Serial:44-89978 USAF
    Latest Owner or Location:149th Fighter Squadron, VA ANG

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-47D-30-RA by Republic at Evansville, Indiana, USA.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-89978.

    Markings Applied: VA NG, N G 489978
    Virginia Air National Guard with 149th Fighter Squadron Rebel Flag insignia.

    Circa 1949


    Photographer: Herbert Wilburn
    Notes: Virginia Air National Guard P-47D 44-89978 - with the 149th Fighter Squadron Rebel Flag (Rebel Thunderbolts) insignia. This is the only VA-ANG P-47D color picture I had for a long time. Kodachrome by Herbert Wilburn 1949.

    Circa 1950

    This photo was colorized by Kenneth W. Keeton. Almost no color photos of the VA-ANG P-47s exist.
    Photographer: Kenneth W. Keeton
    Notes: The Virginia Air National Guard 149th Fighter Squadron was equipped with P-47D aircraft from 1947 to 1951.
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