62nd Fighter Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group. media-395184.jpg FRE 5241 The insignia of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group. Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 5241 - The insignia of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group.

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
  • Role/Job: Enlisted Man
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
  • Role/Job: Enlisted Man
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
  • Role/Job: Enlisted Man
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
  • Role/Job: Enlisted Man

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
P-47 Thunderbolts (LM-R, serial number 42-7870), (LM-X, serial number 41-6224), (LM-O, serial number 41-6347), (LM-B, serial number 41-6193), (LM-C, serial number 42-7979) and (LM-G) of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group fly in formation with a B-24 Liberator, 29 May 1943. Passed for publication 29 May 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'A Match For The Nazi F.W. 190 – The “Thunderbolt” – New American High-Altitude Fighter. EH/MoN. The latest American single-seater fighter, the Republic
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Annie M
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
The damaged cockpit of a P-47D Thunderbolt (LM-D, serial number 42-8614) of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, 8 Ocotber 1943. Official caption on image: "GAD-62-3-F365-Oct 8, '43-Bat. Dam-P47D - 42-8614." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'LM-D, 28614, 8/10/43. Damage by bullet - entered hatch on rt. side and struck instrument panel.'
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Saucy Shirley II
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)

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