Headquarters (56th Fighter Group)
Headquarters
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UPL 6539
Republic P-47C-5-RE Thunderbolt 41-6537 UN-Q of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group. The mount of Lt. Wilfred A Van Abel [ in cockpit ]. No name on aircraft but imaginative artwork ! Lt. Van Abel became a POW on 2 September 1943 whilst flying this aircraft. Photo also shows UN-Q's crew chief Sgt Damon Itza on the wing, he went on to be 'Hub' Zemke's Crew chief in Sept 1943.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group Headquarters (56th Fighter Group)
- Role/Job: Enlisted Man
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group Headquarters (56th Fighter Group)
- Role/Job: Enlisted Man
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group Headquarters (56th Fighter Group)
- Role/Job: Enlisted Man
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron Headquarters (56th Fighter Group)
- Role/Job: Enlisted Man
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group Headquarters (56th Fighter Group)
- Role/Job: Enlisted Man
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)