313th Fighter Squadron, 50th Fighter Group P-47 Thunderbolt landing at Toul/Ochey Airfield (A-96), southwest of Nancy, France in December 1944.   The red nose was the Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) recognition marking carried by aircraft of the 1st Tactical Air Force, to which the 50th FG was assigned during the last seven months of the European Campaign.
United States Air Force
1944-12
Freeman, Roger A (1996) The Ninth Air Force in Colour: Uk and the Continent-World War Two, Arms &amp; Armour, ISBN-10: 1854092723 Image source listed as United States Air Force