Samuel Phillip Mitchell Kinsey
Military
JCook Photo Collection & Archives
Object Number - UPL 41533 - Capt Sam Kinsey 4 kills 74th FS CBI later 356th FG
Flight leader 74th FS 23rd FG CBI Dec. 1942- March 1944
4 air kills (KI-43 Oscars) + 1 probable + 4 damaged
Sqd OPS officer 361st FS 356th FG Feb. 1945 - July 1945
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![Ground crew of the 356th Fighter Group congratulate the pilot of a P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Zombie" at Martlesham Heath air base. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'ZOMBIE yellow, black outline. [illegible text] black white common practice of 361st FS.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377162.jpg.webp?itok=Cj8CR9kY)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
74th FS 23rd FG 14th AF CBI Dec. 1942 - March 1944
Wingman-Element leader-Flight leader
4 air kills (KI-43 Oscars) + 1 probable + 4 damaged
361st FS 356th FG Feb 1945- Aug 1945
Sqd OPS officer/Flight leader
Brought together information from duplicate includin information drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster from ESCORT The 356th Fighter Group Over Europe 1943-1945 by Kent D. Miller
China Lantern July 1945
