5th Emergency Rescue Squadron

Squadron
A P-47 Thunderbolt (5F-L, serial number 42-6410) of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron takes off. media-407991.jpg FRE 3093 A P-47 Thunderbolt (5F-L, serial number 42-6410) of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron takes off. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 3093 - A P-47 Thunderbolt (5F-L, serial number 42-6410) of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron takes off.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Boxted 1 May 1944 - 16 January 1945

Based

Halesworth 16 January 1945

Previously was

People

James Orin Patton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron 84th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-810558
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Charles W Reed

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron 63rd Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-736361
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

George G Rickett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 78th Fighter Group 555th Fighter Training Squadron 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron 84th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (496th Fighter Training Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-806729
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Lieutenant-Colonel David C. Schilling, an ace P-47 Thunderbolt pilot of the 56th Fighter Group, holds an adapted hand gun. Schilling was Commanding Officer of the 56th FG between 12 August 1944 and 27 January 1945.

David C Schilling

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 65th Fighter Wing 56th Fighter Group 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron 62nd Fighter Squadron 63rd Fighter Squadron Headquarters (56th Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-393204
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot; Commanding Officer; Assistant Director Intelligence

Jerome C Serros

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-660688
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot, Pilot

Aircraft

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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/5ersfg.php

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my art

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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USAAF Photo.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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