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63rd Fighter Squadron

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

media-395185.jpg FRE 5242 The insignia of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group. Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 5242 - The insignia of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group.

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Unit stations

Station	Location	Date
Based	Boxted

People

Benjamin F Armstrong

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 32167407
Highest Rank: Colonel
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Albert J Bicheler

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
Role/Job: Enlisted Man

Alfred M Bolender

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 15327143 / O-715452
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Lieutenant Barney P. Casteel of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, stands beside his battle damaged P-47 Thunderbolt (UN-A, serial number 43-25531), May 1944.

Barney Parks Casteel

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-810471
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Anthony Samuel Cavallo

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: T-000974/ O-2044946
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Aircraft

41-6199

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron

41-6268

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron

41-6537

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron

42-22748

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron

Lieutenant Samuel O. Stamps of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, with two ground crew, on P-47 Thunderbolt named "Tinkle".

42-22762

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Nicknames: Tinkle
Unit: 366th Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group 63rd 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)

63rd Fighter Squadron: Gallery (121 items)

Object number: UPL 15767 -

A 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group (UN-A, serial number 44-19786) P-47 Thunderbolt in flight.

Object number: FRE 10846 -

A Sergeant wipes down the Engineering Board of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, while another crew member on a telephone call takes down notes. The curved wall behind the men has been plastered with glamour girl prints.

Object number: FRE 174 -

Lieutenant Victor F. Bast of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, talks to ground crew beside a P-47 Thunderbolt with UN markings of the 63rd Fighter Squadron.

Object number: FRE 185 -

Lieutenant Samuel O. Stamps of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, with two ground crew, on P-47 Thunderbolt named "Tinkle".

Object number: FRE 203 -

Capt. Walker M. Mahurin, ace pilot of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group. Passed for publication 12 March 1943.

Object number: FRE 211 -

Burial of Lieutenant Patrick M. Williams, pilot of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, in Belgium, 2 June 1943.

Object number: FRE 213 -

A group of pilots from the 56th Fighter Group. Left to right they are: Richard H. Allison of the 61st Fighter Squadron, Lieutenant Harold E. Comstock of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, three unknown pilots, Lieutenant-Colonel Hubert "Hub" Zemke, Major Donald M. Goodfleisch of the 63rd FS and Lieutenant Conway C. Saux of the 62nd FS. 1943. Printed caption attached to print: 'The "Thunderbolt". The new American Fighter P-47, known as the 'Thunderbolt' is designed as a high altitude fast fighter, now in quantity

Object number: FRE 219 -

Lieutenant Barney P. Casteel of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, stands beside his battle damaged P-47 Thunderbolt (UN-A, serial number 43-25531), May 1944.

Object number: FRE 220 -

From the cockpit of a P-47 Thunderbolt, Captain Walker M. Mahurin greets Glen D. Shiltz, another pilot with the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group.

Object number: FRE 229 -

Ground crew members stands beside P-47 Thunderbolt of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, at Boxted air base. This aircraft (UN-P, 42-25721) was lost on 6 July 1944 and its pilot, Second Lieutenant Samuel J. Lowman Jr, was killed in action. See Missing Air Crew Report 6700. Passed for publication 30 Jan 1945.

Object number: FRE 234 -

Pilots of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, grouped around a P-47 Thunderbolt at Boxted air base. The Group were stationed there between 18 April 1944 and 9 September 1945.

Object number: FRE 246 -