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Cleon C Thornton

Military

Crashed on landing at RAF Stoke Orchard , Gloucestershire after a training mission in P-47D 42-7966. RTD.

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Units served with

495th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group

A P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Kokomo" of the 551st Fighter Squadron, 495th Fighter Training Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'P-47, Kokomo, 551st FS, 495th FG.'

551st Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron

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 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group. Designed by Walt Disney, based on the Squadron's bull dog mascot 'Buddy'.

61st Fighter Squadron

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

Revisions

Date23 Feb 2021 16:27:56

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

Changes

Sources

http://www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm;
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Date27 Sep 2014 18:06:26

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces