FRE 5311
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A sketch of the "Boxing Chicken" fighting eagle insignia of the 4th Fighter Group riding a P-47 Thunderbolt by Sergeant Milton S Osterday. Based on the original character design by Disney Artist Hank Porter. Milton Osterday, the artist also did the aircraft silhouettes on the bar of the enlisted men's club at Debden, known as the Belly Tank Bar. He later became an art teacher in a college in Ohio. Photograph of the artwork on one end of the Nissen Hut taken by CWO Edward Richie. Handwritten on slide: Mural at Debden Ed Richie"
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 438th Air Service Group
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 864th Air Engineering Squadron
- Highest Rank: Warrant Officer (RAF)
- Role/Job: Shop Superintendent (Aviation)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: Headquarters (4th Fighter Group) 4th Army Air Force Combat Camera Unit
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: GP
Locations
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
Added information to the caption as received by son of Edward Richie, Mark Richie, VP, Association of the 4th Fighter group WWII http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/