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Alvin J Van Dorn

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Lieutenant Victor F. Bast of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, talks to ground crew beside a P-47 Thunderbolt with UN markings of the 63rd Fighter Squadron.

media-377429.jpg FRE 185 1st Lieutenant Victor E Bast of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, talks to ground crew beside a P-47 Thunderbolt with UN markings of the 63rd Fighter Squadron.

L-R: Pvt Paul Innis, Sgt Leon Hardy, Lt Bast, T/Sgt Harold Keller, S/Sgt Alvin J Van Dorn. Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 185 - 1st Lieutenant Victor E Bast of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, talks to ground crew beside a P-47 Thunderbolt with UN markings of the...

Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 56th Fighter Group.

56th Fighter Group

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

The insignia of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group.

63rd Fighter Squadron

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

Places

Aerial photograph of Boxted airfield, looking south west, the ammunition dump and bomb dump are at the bottom of the image, 18 April 1949. Photograph taken by No. 58 Squadron, sortie number RAF/58/215. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Boxted

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
	Carlyle, IL 62231, USA
Based	Boxted		Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.

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Date29 Sep 2016 13:19:59

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Lieutenant Victor F. Bast of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, talks to ground crew beside a P-47 Thunderbolt with UN markings of the 63rd Fighter Squadron.

Object number: FRE 185 - 1st Lieutenant Victor E Bast of the 61st Fighter...