FRE 52
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A large group of 4th Fighter Group pilots sitting on or standing in front of a P-47 Thunderbolt at Debden air base. The 4th Fighter Group flew P-47 Thunderbolts on missions between March 1943 and February 1944. Standing L to R: Selden Edner, Earl Carlow, Clemens Fiedler, Leon Blanding, Frank Bayles, Charles Anderson, Bernard McGrattan, James Happel, Paul Ellington and James W, Dye. On the wing of the aircraft L to R: Don Young, Kenneth G. Smith, Don Ross, ??, Cecil E. Manning, Robert Patterson, James H. Brandenburg, ?M. Thorpe?, Albert Schlegel and George Carpenter. On the fuselage L to R: Roy Evans, Fonzo "Snuffy" Smith, Cadman V. Padgett, ?Ernest Beatie?, James Steel and ??.
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Units

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

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

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 335th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (4th Fighter Group) No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-885205
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (359th Fighter Group) No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-885196
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-190715 / O-2044917
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 335th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2044918, T-190656
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 335th Fighter Squadron No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-885100
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Locations

- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
Most of the names show up in the Little Friends database as sssigned to the 335th Fighter Squadron.