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Ground crew service a 62nd Fighter Squadron P-47D Thunderbolt at Halesworth air base, home of the 56th Fighter Group, winter 1943.

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Ground crew service a 62nd Fighter Squadron P-47D Thunderbolt at Halesworth air base, home of the 56th Fighter Group, winter 1943.

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Units

The insignia of the 56th Fighter Group.

56th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

The insignia of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group.

62nd Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Locations

P-47 Thunderbolt pilots of the 61st Fighter Squadron chat to one another after their latest mission, at Halesworth air base where the 56th Fighter Group were stationed. Left to right they are: Lieutenant-Colonel Francis S. Gabreski, Lieutenant Eugene E. Barnum and Lieutenant Frank W. Klibbe. Passed for publication 26 November 1943.

Halesworth

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Holton

Revisions

Date: 8 Sep 2014 15:23:23

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Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection