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Originally Posted by Trapper50cal
So, so serendipitous and random for me to stumble onto this on Veterans Day after
my mom sending that picture to my wife today....
and to me it looks like it says J. Fogle - as in James Fogle 
But that guy looks nothing like my Grandfather, nor does the other guy.
The man on the wing is much taller, which dovetails with family stories that
Grandpa was actually, technically too tall to be a fighter pilot and that he bent
at the knees when he was measured so he would be under the height limit.
Seems like that photo with the revision may have been improperly attributed to Fogle hence the revision. |
I think that photo was published in a book or something
and it was assumed to be Fogle, since the plane was Fogles.
Bill Johnson probably recognized himself and corrected it.
I'm guessing he may have indicated flying the same type of aircraft on D-Day missions...but did he actually claim it as his own plane?
Unlikely since he would recognize the noseart clearly.
I think you are safe to assume the photo of the pilot on the wing of Flossy
is indeed your Grandfather and he had the honor of flying a great aircraft with great noseart!
I am still stuck trying to determine what P-47 Roger Drabyk flew.
But as I said to his Grandson...these men are all heroes and deserved to be remembered regardless of the details!