FRE 5574
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P-47D serial 42-26298 "I Wanted Wings/Button Nose" (coded LM-A underscored) of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group.
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Units
![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
Aircraft
![A P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft of the 56th Fighter Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-388426.jpg?itok=tthjvJ0L)
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Stalag Luft III - I Wanted Wings / Button Nose
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
Locations
![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