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Hubert Zemke, later commanding officer of the 56th Fighter Group, in the Citizens Military Training Camp in 1930. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'June 1930 CMTC, Fort Missaula Mont, In front of the field we lived in. The boxing ring appears in the background. Here Zemke won the Idaho Wyoming Montana Middle Weight boxing championship at age 16 years (not without a few black eyes!).'
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Hubert Zemke, later commanding officer of the 56th Fighter Group, in the Citizens Military Training Camp in 1930. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'June 1930 CMTC, Fort Missaula Mont, In front of the field we lived in. The boxing ring appears in the background. Here Zemke won the Idaho Wyoming Montana Middle Weight boxing championship at age 16 years (not without a few black eyes!).'

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Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 56th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'First Lieutenant Hub Zemke, US Army Air Corps, 8th Pursuit Group, Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York. Taken just before dispersal to England as an Observer to the Royal Air Force.'

Hubert A Zemke

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 479th Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group Headquarters (479th Fighter Group) Headquarters (56th Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-022353
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot / Commander

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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection