83rd Fighter Squadron

Squadron

media-377536.jpg FRE 293 Left to right: Captain Foy E. Higginbottom, Lieutenant Hubert "Bill" Davis and Lieutenant John A. Kirk, all pilots of the 83rd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, drink Coca-Cola outside a Nissen hut at Duxford air base. 1943-1945. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 293 - Left to right: Captain Foy E. Higginbottom, Lieutenant Hubert "Bill" Davis and Lieutenant John A. Kirk, all pilots of the 83rd Fighter Squadron, 78th...

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Unit stations

Station	Location	Date
Based	Duxford

People

Donald Scott Beals

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 19075736 / O-728959
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

First Lieutenant Don Bodenhammer and First Lieutenant James Stokes of the 78th Fighter Group, with a P-47 Thunderbolt at Duxford , 29 September 1943. Passed for publication 29 Sep 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Thunderbolt Pilots In Britain. Associated Press Photo Shows:- Two Thunderbolt pilots, First Lieut. Don Bodennamer (left) of Mathis, Texas and First Lieut. James Stokes, of 134-56-232 Street, Laurelton, Long Island, N.Y., at an 8th Air Force Fighter Command Station "somewhere in England". GLE 26

Don Bodenhamer

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 18103266 / O-666853
Highest Rank: Major
Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Charles L Burman

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron 83rd Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-695151
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Bruce L Campbell

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 14th Fighter Group 49th Fighter Squadron 83rd Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 17040128 / O-728974
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant

Constantine S Chioles

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron 83rd Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 16078318 / O-681609
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Aircraft

41-6411

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Nicknames: Muscle Bound
Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron

41-6540

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Nicknames: Skonk Hunter
Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron

41-7576

Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron

42-22776

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron

42-26016

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron

Revisions

Date18 Aug 2019 17:10:28

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Pilot's daughter

Date17 Aug 2019 20:23:31

ContributorBub's Daughter

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Daughter

Date17 Aug 2019 20:19:49

ContributorBub's Daughter

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DAUGHTER

Date1 Oct 2014 17:10:03

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Duxford Diary

Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:51

ContributorAAM

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Sources

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)