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Charles W Reed

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media-34940.jpeg UPL 34940 Lt. Charles W Reed, 56th fighter group, 63rd fighter squadron.

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Object Number - UPL 34940 - Lt. Charles W Reed, 56th fighter group, 63rd fighter squadron.

20 December 1943 crash-landed in P47 near Dunwich, Suffolk with wheels up. RTD.

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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

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

5th Emergency Rescue Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

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

63rd Fighter Squadron

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

Aircraft

41-6367

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 56th Fighter Group 552nd Fighter Training Squadron 63rd Fighter Squadron

A P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft named "Princess Pat" of the 56th Fighter Group. It was the assigned aircraft of First Lieutenant Charles Reed who joined the 63rd Fighter Squadron in August 1943. Handwritten on slide:"GROUP ??? Princess Pat UN-X at Steeple Morden Kepner's P-47 A. Sloan" Printed on slide:"APR 90F15"

42-75185

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Unit: 365th Fighter Group

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

P-47 Thunderbolt pilots of the 61st Fighter Squadron chat to one another after their latest mission, at Halesworth air base where the 56th Fighter Group were stationed. Left to right they are: Lieutenant-Colonel Francis S. Gabreski, Lieutenant Eugene E. Barnum and Lieutenant Frank W. Klibbe. Passed for publication 26 November 1943.

Halesworth

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Holton

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Date27 Aug 2018 09:17:58

ContributorPyker

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Added additional aircraft association.

Date27 Aug 2018 09:16:21

ContributorPyker

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Updated rank from 2Lt to 1Lt and added locations.

Date17 Jul 2018 10:51:07

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Date27 Sep 2014 18:06:05

ContributorAAM

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Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I, p. 431 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm

Charles W Reed: Gallery (5 items)

A P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft named "Princess Pat" of the 56th Fighter Group. It was the assigned aircraft of First Lieutenant Charles Reed who joined the 63rd Fighter Squadron in August 1943. Handwritten on slide:"GROUP ??? Princess Pat UN-X at Steeple Morden Kepner's P-47 A. Sloan" Printed on slide:"APR 90F15"

Object number: FRE 5566 - A P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft named "Princess Pat"...

Object number: UPL 34938 - P-47C-5-RE 41-6367 belly landed by Lt. Charles W...

Object number: UPL 34939 - P-47C-5-RE 41-6367 belly landed by Lt. Charles W...

Object number: UPL 34940 - Lt. Charles W Reed, 56th fighter group, 63rd...

Object number: UPL 56474 - Posed photos of eight seated US pilots. Name...