5th Emergency Rescue Squadron

Squadron
A P-47 Thunderbolt (5F-L, serial number 42-6410) of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron takes off. media-407991.jpg FRE 3093 A P-47 Thunderbolt (5F-L, serial number 42-6410) of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron takes off. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 3093 - A P-47 Thunderbolt (5F-L, serial number 42-6410) of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron takes off.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Boxted 1 May 1944 - 16 January 1945

Based

Halesworth 16 January 1945

Previously was

People

Henry G Castle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 67th Fighter Wing 352nd Fighter Group 361st Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 496th Fighter Training Group 376th Fighter Squadron 487th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18110192 / O-705544
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Daniel T Clarke

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 65th Fighter Wing 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Jesse Calvert Coles

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20925957 / O-699032
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Elmer G Dendle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Squadron 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-796669
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant

Gene C Doss

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron 83rd Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-767157
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A P-47 Thunderbolt (5F-A, serial number 42-75855, "War Weary") of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron.

42-75855

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Tony
  • Unit: 479th Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group 434th Fighter Squadron 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron 63rd Fighter Squadron

42-76175

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Big Dick II
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron

42-8401

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Scatterbolts Chris
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 356th Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron 359th Fighter Squadron 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron

42-8402

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Devil's Thumb
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 359th Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron 368th Fighter Squadron 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron

42-8410

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Betty Ann II
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron 63rd Fighter Squadron

Revisions

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Sources

http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/5ersfg.php

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my art

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USAAF Photo.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

5th Emergency Rescue Squadron: Gallery (55 items)

A P-47 Thunderbolt (5F-S, serial number 42-8586, "War Weary") of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron.

Object number: FRE 7482 - A P-47 Thunderbolt (5F-S, serial number 42-8586,...

A PBY Catalina of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron. Image via Richie. Written on slide casing: 'Debden.'

Object number: FRE 7483 - A PBY Catalina of the 5th Emergency Rescue...

A PBY Catalina (serial number 44-33915) nicknamed "Sophisticat" of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron at Halesworth. Written on slide casing: 'OA-10A, Sophisticat, Halesworth.'

Object number: FRE 7484 - A PBY Catalina (serial number 44-33915) nicknamed...

A PBY Catalina (serial number 44-33987) of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron. Written on slide casing: '433987.'

Object number: FRE 7485 - A PBY Catalina (serial number 44-33987) of the 5th...

Personnel of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron and their PBY Catalina. US Air Force Photo. Written on slide casing: 'OA-10, 8 Crew, Halesworth.'

Object number: FRE 7486 - Personnel of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron and...

A P-47 Thunderbolt (5F-Z, serial number 42-7922, "War Weary") of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '5F-Z, Mount Farm.'

Object number: FRE 7487 - A P-47 Thunderbolt (5F-Z, serial number 42-7922,...

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-3069) of the 96th Bomb Group and a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-8190) of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Snetterton Heath, B-17 and A/S/R P-47.'

Object number: FRE 7488 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3089) of...

A P-47 Thunderbolt (5F-A, serial number 42-75855, "War Weary") of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '5ERS, Mount Farm.'

Object number: FRE 7489 - A P-47 Thunderbolt (5F-A, serial number 42-75855,...

A PBY Catalina (serial number 44-33915) nicknamed "Sophisticat" of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron at Halesworth. Written on slide casing: 'OA-10A, Sophisticat, Halesworth.'

Object number: FRE 7490 - A PBY Catalina (serial number 44-33915) nicknamed...

An Air-Sea rescue P-47 Thunderbolt of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: 'Mount Farm.'

Object number: FRE 7492 - An Air-Sea rescue P-47 Thunderbolt of the 5th...

A P-47 Thunderbolt (5F-A, serial number 42-75855, "War Weary") of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron.

Object number: FRE 7494 - A P-47 Thunderbolt (5F-A, serial number 42-75855,...

A P-47 Thunderbolt (5F-A, serial number 42-75855, "War Weary") of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron.

Object number: FRE 7495 - A P-47 Thunderbolt (5F-A, serial number 42-75855,...