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Colonel Lucian Dade and a ground crewman of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group with P-47 Thunderbolt (LM-P, serial number 42-26417) nicknamed 'Carpatho-Russian Defender', 1944

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group Headquarters (56th Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: 0 574 019
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Communications and Photo Officer

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Carpatho-Russian Defender
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron

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Sources

Photographs taken by First Lieutenant Irving Brayer, Photographic and Communications Officer of the 56th Fighter Group c. 1944, and researched and shared with the support of Peter Randall (webmaster of Little Friends) and Nathan Howland (author of 'The 8th Army Air Force in Color', Schiffer Publishing 2016)