P-47 Razorback somewhere in England

I Think 486th

On the most tenuous of evidence, I say 486th. Have a look at this shot from the 486th website of “Ol Yard Dog”

http://www.486th.org/Photos/Aircraft/olyarddog.htm

To me the stripes on the rear fuselage “match” the P47 stripes. I haven’t gone through more of the images on the site yet, but it is something to go on with!

Chris

Thanks. I’m amazed by both of you!! Sharp eyes for detail.

So, this is probably Sudbury (486th) or Rattlesden (447th).

Dennis

Wow! Good eyes Laurent 🙂 Tanking Laurent’s observations a step further. It looks like there are 3 stripes of the same color as the tail which makes it 486th Bomb Group.

If I’m wrong and it’s only two stripes it might be 447th but they had two green stripes. Those look the same shade as the tail and it looks like three stripes so I’d bet 486th

Dan

Hello,

Looking carefully at your picture, it seems that the tail has been painted yellow (and the serial number repainted black, along with the WW-war weary- on the rudder).

We can assume that it belonged to one of the four B-17 groups that had full yellow tails:
94th, 447th, 486th and 487th.

http://www.94thbombgroup.com/

http://www.447bg.com/

http://www.486th.org/index3.htm

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/1393/

Other groups used yellow, 390th had a yellow rudder, and 452nd, 306th, 401st had yellow bands painted on their tail, while the 379th had a yellow bordered triangle.

HTH,

Laurent