42-8410 Betty Ann II
Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 5ERS, 8AF USAAF.
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Units served with
![The insignia of the 56th Fighter Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395182.jpg?itok=D6B8C54B)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
![A P-47 Thunderbolt (5F-L, serial number 42-6410) of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron takes off.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-407991.jpg?itok=PVR6yYwF)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
![The insignia of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395185.jpg?itok=_tM5mRmq)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
- Role/Job: Enlisted Man
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-31647.jpeg?itok=eM56BVRz)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18053009 / O-661285
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron 63rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-793631
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
- Role/Job: Enlisted Man
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: VIII Fighter Command 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (VIII Fighter Command)
- Service Numbers: O-424733
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
Places
![Aerial photograph of Boxted airfield, looking south west, the ammunition dump and bomb dump are at the bottom of the image, 18 April 1949. Photograph taken by No. 58 Squadron, sortie number RAF/58/215. English Heritage (RAF Photography).](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/eh/eh-170.jpg?itok=nhDVR8UH)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other E/A Damaged |
10 miles W Münster, Germany | 10 October 1943 | Fw190 damaged 10 miles west Munster pilot Capt Glenn D Schiltz. 10-Oct-43. |
Manufactured |
Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA | Built at Republic. | |
Delivered |
LaGuardia Airport (LGA), Queens, NY 11371, USA | Delivered to USAAF. | |
Assigned |
Boxted, Colchester, UK | Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Assigned |
Boxted, Colchester, UK | Transferred to 5ERS, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk
http://www.fighter-aces.com/aircraft/allied/american/republic-thunderbo…
56th Fighter Group By Roger Freeman
http://www.cieldegloire.com/014_schiltz_g_d.php