MS-0369-01S-20

Letter from Dodd V. Shepard, 1942

 

1942-12-30

Shepard, Dodd V.

 

Now that his squadron has a combat rating, they are ready "to really do business in a very big way with Hitler, The Moose [Mussolini], or the well-known Yellow Bellies [derogatory for Japanese]." Shepherd flies a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, flying "30,000 feet or above" and "in the neighborhood of 550 miles per hour," capable of diving faster than the speed of sound. He tells Lauren Post to "Keep Em Mailing."

Dodd Shepard; Airplane pilots; Military training; Republic P-47 Thunderbolt airplanes; World War II airplanes; WWII airplanes; World War 2 airplanes; Air Corps; United States Army Air Corps; United States Army Air Forces; 88th Fighter Squadron

 

New York - East Farmingdale - Republic Airport

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MS-0369

English

 

Letter

7.25 inches X 10.25 inches; 2 pages

No

 

 

Lauren C. Post

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