Headquarters (56th Fighter Group)

Headquarters
media-6539.jpeg UPL 6539 Republic P-47C-5-RE Thunderbolt 41-6537 UN-Q of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group. The mount of Lt. Wilfred A Van Abel [ in cockpit ]. No name on aircraft but imaginative artwork ! Lt. Van Abel became a POW on 2 September 1943 whilst flying this aircraft. Photo also shows UN-Q's crew chief Sgt Damon Itza on the wing, he went on to be 'Hub' Zemke's Crew chief in Sept 1943.

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Object Number - UPL 6539 - Republic P-47C-5-RE Thunderbolt 41-6537 UN-Q of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group. The mount of Lt. Wilfred A Van Abel [ in cockpit ]....

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Andrew J Reby

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group Headquarters (56th Fighter Group)
  • Role/Job: Enlisted Man
Flight Surgeon Captain George R. Hornig in conversation with Captain Donald D. Renwick of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group in the mess at Halesworth air base. Passed for publication 29 November 1943. Printed caption on reverse: '"Ace" Flight-Surgeon is combination family physician, foster-father and chaplain.' And 'Associated Press photo shows: "Doc" Hornig gives a physical check-up to Capt. D.D. Renwick just back from an operational flight.'

Donald Dean Renwick

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron Headquarters (56th Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: 15018988 / O-432208
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

David W Robinson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group Headquarters (56th Fighter Group)
  • Role/Job: Officer

Henry E Salzman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group Headquarters (56th Fighter Group)
  • Role/Job: Enlisted Man
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

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Document 51263

  • Media Type: Document
  • Object Number: Document 51263
  • Description: 56th Fighter Group Unit History, complete copy Resembling a college yearbook, unit histories were an unofficial – and often tongue-in-cheek – record...

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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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