63rd Fighter Squadron

Squadron
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

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

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

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
  • Role/Job: Ground Officer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-801921
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
  • Role/Job: Enlisted Man
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
  • Role/Job: Enlisted Man
Lieutenant Adam "Wiskey" Wisniewski and Captain Walker "Bud" Mahurin of the 56th Fighter Group indicate the point of action, after a mission in January 1944. The Intelligence Officer is David W. Robinson, affectionately known as "The Silver Fox" Handwritten on slide:"Mahruin Wisneuwski & Silver Fox 1/44 Halesworth AFM"
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-736447
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron 82nd Fighter Squadron
A 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group (UN-A, serial number 44-19786) P-47 Thunderbolt in flight.
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
Capt. Charles M Rotzler
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Bernyce
  • Unit: 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)

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