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Squadron
Insignia of the 313th Fighter Squadron
"T/Sgt. Robert N. Nash, Rapid City, SD., installs rocket tubes onto a P-47 fighter bomber at this advanced first TAC AF fighter field in France. The tenacious, hard-hitting P-47s strafing and bombing the enemy on this front, press home the air war with triple-threat intensity vis machine gun, bomb and rockets." - P-47D 'Tish VII' W3-F 44-197?7 assigned to the 313FS, 50FG.
Group
Before the build-up to D-Day, the group were based in the United States as part of the Fighter School Command and the Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics. In spring 1944 though, like so many other fighter and bomb groups, the 50th Fighter Group...
| Station | Location | Date |
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| Based | Lymington |
Military | Captain | Pilot | 50th Fighter Group
Died on 2 July 1944. Bryan was on a transport flight on a UC-78 Bobcat from Carentan to Chilbolton, before going on operational leave, his aircraft experienced an engine failure, and crashed close to St Mark's Church in Ampfield, killing all on board.
Military | Major | Fighter pilot | 356th Fighter Group
Assigned to 360FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 359FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korean medals.
Post war: Served in Korean conflict rising to rank of Major.
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter pilot | 50th Fighter Group
Forrest Spencer Chilton III was born on December 1, 1921 in Syracuse, New York. Forrest's spent his early life with grandparents in Brooklyn, NY before his family moved to Pompton Plains, New Jersey. He attended Butler High School in Butler, NJ,...
Military | Captain | Pilot | 50th Fighter Group
Died on 2 July 1944. Nelson was on a transport flight on a UC-78 Bobcat from Carentan to Chilbolton, before going on operational leave, his aircraft experienced an engine failure, and crashed close to St Mark's Church in Ampfield, killing all on board.
Military | Colonel | Pilot | 50th Fighter Group
Flew P-47 Thunderbolts with the 313th Fighter Squadron, 50th Fighter Group. Retired as a Colonel in 1971. Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal w/ 17 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart.
Military | Major General | Pilot
Major General Harold L. Price is the director of military assistance and sales, Deputy Chief of Staff, Systems and Logistics, Headquarters U.S. Air Force.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 50th Fighter Group
Died on 2 July 1944. Quinn was on a transport flight on a UC-78 Bobcat from Carentan to Chilbolton, before going on operational leave, his aircraft experienced an engine failure, and crashed close to St Mark's Church in Ampfield, killing all on board.
P-47 Thunderbolt
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 313FS, 50FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) support mission to Vande. Shot down by Fw190 whilst strafing enemy trucks, pilot 2nd Lt John R Nowlin KIA. 30-Jul-44. MACR 7403.
P-47 Thunderbolt
In collision with tail section of B-17 42-29709. 29-5-43.
Taxiing accident at Ochey/A-96 France, Cat 3 damage, Pilot Lt Stuart Moak. 10-12-44.
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 01 February 2017 11:28:02 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to person associations, stations and media associations |
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from: |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 02 November 2014 18:35:16 | jmchristel | Changes to type, aircraft types and person associations |
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http://www.armyaircorpsmuseum.org/50th_fighter_group.cfm |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:42:48 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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