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Second Campaign: The 371st Fighter Group in Normand

On June 21, 1944 a P-47D of the 406th Fighter Group’s 514th Fighter Squadron (squadron code O7-U) suffered a mishap at ALG A-6 and the aircraft was destroyed by fire. This may have been the incident in which 406th Fighter Squadron NCO Sgt. Glen W. Bloodworth braved the dangerous conditions to help put out the fire for which he was later awarded the Soldier’s Medal. Note the cluster of fragmentation bombs precariously hanging from the pylon of the upraised wing of the P-47, likely a cluster of six M41 fragmentation bombs on an M1A1 bomb rack configuration. (US Army photo via Flickr)

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