Aircraft Photo of 4104 | Saab F-39E Gripen | Brazil - Air Force | AirHistory.net #749996
Location
City / Airport:Natal - Augusto SeveroMap
Country:Brazil
Airport Codes:ICAO: SBNT   IATA: NAT   Local: -   Other: -
Event:CRUZEX 2024
 
Photo Date:5 November 2024
Photo by:Jonathan Verschuuren
Photo ID: 749996
Photo Comment

This Gripen has an image of a P-47D and a pilot under the cockpit. In the P-47 there is the text "FAB 4104" and under the P-47 image there is the text "TEN CEL NERO MAURA". This commemorates the first commander (Lt. Col. Av. Nero Maura) of 1º GAVCA that was deployed for combat missions to Italy during WWII. Nero Maura's P-47D 42-26450 after the war went back to Brazil and was reserialled 4104. Nero Moura flew 62 missions in combat and later became Brig.Gen. in the FAB. The Gripen, of that same unjt, has the same serial, hence these markings.

This photo is copyright © Jonathan Verschuuren, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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