P-47s Arrive Sydenham Airfield, Belfast, Northern Ireland via USS Block Island, 14Sep43

P-47s Arrive Sydenham Airfield, Belfast, Northern Ireland via USS Block Island, 14Sep43 Tugs pulling USS Block Island, CVE-21 on arrival. Good CU thru channel w/ planes on deck & pilots & others watching. Maneuvering into harbor docks. 11:01:05 Crane lowering P47 to dock & towing w/ tractor; another hooked to crane & men attach cover plate; unloaded. Line of planes on field. P-47 taking off; fly-over & roll. 11:03:12 Men working assembling plane. Crates unloaded from truck bed by army truck w/ crane. Tractor pulls crate to fusalege & men open & attach tail section. GOOD CUs of men working. US markings on plane, attach rudder. Remove cowling; four-blade propeller moved to plane & attached. 11:08:37 Planes parked on field in front of hanger, jeep past; church tower in background. P-47 plane in for landing past camera. 2nd lands. Men working on removing protection from plane before assembling tail & propellor. MCU w/ men beneath wings. Note: Commissioned 08Mar43; was sunk 29May44. WWII Army Air Force; Military Aircraft Assembly; Delivering;