53rd Fighter Squadron

Squadron
Two P-47 Thunderbolts of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide casing: 'Mount Farm.'

Object Number - FRE 5358 - P-47 Thunderbolts including (serial number is 44-20230) at Mount Farm in August 1944. The black nose bands on the aircraft indicate they have...

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People

Verlan E Bathurst

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 36th Fighter Group 53rd Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-710639
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Albert Francis Benneyworth

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 36th Fighter Group 370th Fighter Squadron 53rd Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14191392 / O-831284
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Manuel Bretana

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 36th Fighter Group 53rd Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-1301422
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Robert C Brunner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 36th Fighter Group 53rd Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Bob Burns

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 36th Fighter Group 53rd Fighter Squadron

Aircraft

41-6194

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Death Takes a Holiday
  • Unit: 36th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 53rd Fighter Squadron

41-6244

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 36th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 53rd Fighter Squadron

42-28458

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 36th Fighter Group 53rd Fighter Squadron

42-74718

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 36th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron 53rd Fighter Squadron

42-75860

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Lucky Boy Shoo Shoo Baby
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 36th Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron 53rd Fighter Squadron

Revisions

Date30 Sep 2014 10:10:46
ContributorPhillWray
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Data added from AAM caption.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:50
ContributorAAM
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53rd Fighter Squadron: Gallery (7 items)

Emblem, 53rd Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group, approved 28 October 1943.

Object number: FRE 5003 - Emblem, 53rd Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group...

Two P-47 Thunderbolts of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide casing: 'Mount Farm.'

Object number: FRE 5358 - P-47 Thunderbolts including (serial number is 44...

Painted A-2 flying jacket worn by Second Lieutenant Beverly Connell Curtis, 53rd Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group, c.1945. Decorated with an image of Curtis' P-47 Thunderbolt 6V-P nicknamed 'Tampa Terror'

Object number: UNI 13856 - Painted A-2 flying jacket worn by Second...

Object number: UPL 22752 - From William E Peto: 'I have enclosed a photo of...

Object number: UPL 22753 - Reverse of UPL 22752: https://www...

Object number: UPL 46355 - P-47D-28-RE #42-28458 Code: 9V-R 36th Fighter...

Object number: UPL 6848 - Second Lieutenant Joseph Wavra of the 36th Fighter...