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  P-47D "Sweetwater Swatter!" Serial Number ?  
USAAF
5th AF
348th FG
340th FS

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Carter c1944

Aircraft History
Built by Republic. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as P-47D Thunderbolt serial number unknown. Likely, this plane was P-47D Thunderbolt 43-25643. Disassembled and shipped overseas to the South West Pacific Area (SWPA) and reassembled.

Wartime History
Assigned to the 5th Air Force (5th AF), 348th Fighter Group (348th FG), 340th Fighter Squadron (340th FS) "Minutemen". Assigned to pilot Captain William O. Carter, Jr. who nicknamed it "Sweetwater Swatter!" after his hometown of Sweetwater, Texas. This was the second plane with this nickname, the first was P-47D "Amaranthus! / Sweetwater Swatter". Ultimate fate unknown, likely scrapped or otherwise disappeared.

Relatives
Otto Carter, III (son of William Otto Carter, Jr.)
"He had two different planes named "Sweetwater Swatter" and two others named "Carter's Lil' Pill". My father had five different planes during his wartime service. The former it was a take-off on the town, Sweetwater, Texas where he was born and raised."

References
Thanks to Otto Carter, III for additional information

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Last Updated
October 1, 2022

 

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