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| USAAF 5th AF 348th FG 340th FS |
Aircraft History Built by Republic. At the factory painted with olive drab upper surfaces and gray lower surfaces. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as P-47D Thunderbolt serial number unknown. Dissembled 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 1st Lt. William O. Carter, Jr. who nicknamed it ""Amaranthus! / Sweetwater Swatter". Sweetwater, Texas was his hometown. "Amaranthus!" was the name of Carter's high school band bus, and a nod to his band director, Jack Armstrong. Below was nose art of a Japanese soldier being swatted with a fly swatter. During late 1943, operated from Port Moresby. Ultimate fate unknown, likely scrapped or otherwise disappeared. Relatives Otto Carter, III (son of William Otto Carter, Jr.) "My father had five different planes during his wartime service. He had two different planes named "Sweetwater Swatter" and two others named "Carter's Lil' Pill". Two were named "Sweetwater Swatter" The former it was a take-off on the town, Sweetwater, Texas where he was born and raised. The cowling had a picture of a Japanese face getting hit with a fly swatter. " References Previously, it was believed that P-47D 42-8066 was nicknamed "Sweetwater Swatter" by Carter. In fact, this was the nickname of this aircraft and later P-47D "Sweetwater Swatter!" Thanks to William Otto Carter, III for additional information Contribute
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