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65th Fighter Squadron Operations building Alto Airfield, Corsica
A P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-29002) nicknamed "Ponnie" of the 57th Fighter Group, 12th Air Force. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'P-47D-28-RA, 42-29002' P-47D-28-RA #42-29002 "Ponnie" Code: #30 57th Fighter group - 64th Fighter Squadron - 12th AF
P-47D-15-RE #42-75878 Code: #60 57th Fighter Group - 65th Fighter Squadron Alto Airfield, Corsica
P-47D-16-RE #42-76005 "Doggie" Code: #41 57th Fighter Group - 65th Fighter Squadron Alto Airfield, Corsica
P-47D-25-RE #42-26421 Code: #87 57th Fighter Group - 66th Fighter Squadron - 12th AF Presentation plane #45 purchased by the employees of Republic Aircraft. This aircraft failed to return on 2 September 1944 with Lt. Thomas D. Davis.
P-47D-25-RE #42-26424 :Anne" 57th Fighter Group - 64th Fighter Squadron
P-47D-23-RA #42-27910 "Hun Hunter XIV" Code" #40 57th FG - 65th FS this was one of 16 aircraft that Squadron Cpmmander Gilbert Wymond named "Hun Hunter"
1LT Stanley P. "Red" Lancaster 57th FG - 65th FS Alto Airfield, Corsica
William M. Pribyl Fighter Pilot 57th FG - 64th FS
P-47D-15-RE #42-75820 "The Wog" Code: #68 57th Fighter Group - 65th Fighter Squadron Alto Airfield, Corsica Pilot: Stanley Morrow on the wing
42°27'00"N 009°31'35"E
Runway: 18/36 Pierced Steel Planking 1830x50m
Alto airfield (also known as Advanced Landing Ground 'Alto' and Alto Air Base) was a temporary airfield that formed part of the "USS Corsica" airbase complex on the east coast of Corsica.
It was built in early 1944, and derived its name from the river that runs nearby, close to the village of Fovelli.
57th fighter group landed at Alto on 23 March 1944 with their P-47 Thunderbolts.
This almost mythical United States Army Air Force unit consisted of three squadrons:
- the 64th, nicknamed "Black Scorpion"
- the 65th "Fignhting cocks "
- the 66th dubbed" Exterminators "
The Group was based in Corsica Alto (Penta di Casinca) from 23 March until 9 September 1944 and was joined by the French squadrons "Dauphiné", "Navarre" and especially "La Fayette" between 8 May to 14 June. The units participated in “Operation Strangle”, the Allied operations, particularly by USAAFs 12th and 15th Air Forces against the German army in Italy.
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The group was first activated as the 57th Pursuit Group in January 1941, flying P-40 Warhawks as part of the Army Air Corps Northeast Defense Sector (later assigned to the I Fighter Command) at Mitchel Field, New York.[3] It trained in New England and...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 57th Fighter Group
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Military | Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) | Ground Crew Chief | 57th Fighter Group
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Military | Captain | Squadron Intelligence Officer | 57th Fighter Group
Military | Captain | Fighter Pilot | 57th Fighter Group
RALPH S. LUCARDI, born the day after Christmas, 1919, in "The Patch", North Agawam, Massachusetts. He graduated from American International College, Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1942 with a B.S. in Chemistry. After Pearl Harbor, he enlisted as an...
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 57th Fighter Group
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| 13 December 2016 15:20:04 | 466thHistorian | Created entry with name, latitude, longitude, usaaf from date, usaaf to date, construction date and history |
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