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Since you don't finish your sentence I would like to know if the second pilot was Col Benjamin Mayo? He is known to have flown another 'No Guts-No Glory', a P-47D 42-26671 also coded MX-X. Oberhansley used a lot of Bolts named Iron Ass Stig

Stig Jarlevik Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt 'Iron Ass/No Guts-No Glory', 44-19566. 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force. This plane had two different assigned pilots and two different names while serving with the 78th....both of them big brass. Lt. Col. Jack J. Oberhansley was the C.O. of the 82nd Fighter Squadron and named the plane "Iron Ass". Col. Benjamin I. Mayo was the 78th Fighter Group's C.O. and named the plane "No Guts - No Glory".

SDASM Archives Thanks for the confirmation! Stig

Not much visible on this one. However I think the letter seen is an 'O'. Two aircraft carried such a code letter, HX902 and NT225. Since HX902 was not using it until late October 1944, when in principal the invasion stripes were gone, I think this is NT225 with 248 Sq. The unit received this aircraft early June 1944 and would with certainty have used such prominent stripes. Stig

James William Marshall, the son of Bert Wilder Marshall Jr began in the 1980s (or so) researching the FG his father once belonged. His first book about the unit was published in 1984 and the second one (by Schiffer) in 2013. 'Our might Always'. A highly recommended (and in many ways ultimate) tribute to a very successful unit. At this point I have no idea how many of the following photos are in the book, but if anyone is reading this text, and if you are interested in US Fighter history of WW 2, it is a book you should have. So my advise is - GET IT! Thanks SDASM for putting the photos on line and perhaps even more, thank you Bill for writing the book(s). Cheers Stig

Looking more closely, I notice you have set this up as a "two-part" pictorial. The second one, where basically all photos from the book are shown just as they were published. You also begin that part with an acknowledgement on each photo from where they came! The first part, which begins here, have a large number of duplications but also many photos not in the book. Stig