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View of P-47C 41-6326 showing the fuselage broken from the rear of the armour plating. Pilot Harold Comstock was uninjured in the crash-landing.

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Units

The insignia of the 56th Fighter Group.

56th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

The insignia of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group.

63rd Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

People

Harold Elwood Comstock

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 19003371 / O-661288
Highest Rank: Colonel
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot/Squadron Commander

Aircraft

A crashed P-47 Thunderbolt (UN-Y, serial number 41-6326) of the 56th Fighter Group, flown by Lieutenant Harold E Comstock, 3 March 1944. Official caption on image: "3396-4GIS-2-P47-Crash Landing." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Comstock, 3/3/44.'

41-6326

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Nicknames: Happy Warrior
Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron

Locations

P-47 Thunderbolt pilots of the 61st Fighter Squadron chat to one another after their latest mission, at Halesworth air base where the 56th Fighter Group were stationed. Left to right they are: Lieutenant-Colonel Francis S. Gabreski, Lieutenant Eugene E. Barnum and Lieutenant Frank W. Klibbe. Passed for publication 26 November 1943.

Halesworth

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Holton

Revisions

Date: 5 Mar 2016 17:01:47

ContributorPyker

ChangesCreated entry with caption, unit associations, person associations, place associations and aircraft associations

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