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First Lieutenant Harry Bisher, of the 55th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group with a P-38 Lightning. Handwritten on slide:"Harry Bisher"

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First Lieutenant Harry Bisher, of the 55th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group with a P-38 Lightning. Handwritten on slide:"Harry Bisher"

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Units

Official emblem of the 20th Fighter Group, approved 26 November 1942

20th Fighter Group

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

Pilots of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, stand around a map at Kings Cliffe air base before mission over northern France, October 1943. L to R: First Lieutenant Merle B. Nichols, Seattle, Wash.; Major Nathaniel H. Blanton, Earlsboro, Oklahoma and First Lieutenant Richard P. Gatterdam, Columbus, Ohio. Censor has drawn lines across the map. Each of these pilots went on to command one of the squadrons of the 20th Fighter Group. Gatterdam commanded the 55th Fighter Squadron, Nichols the 77th a

55th Fighter Squadron

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

People

First Lieutenant Harry Bisher, of the 55th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group with a P-38 Lightning. Handwritten on slide:"Harry Bisher"

Harry Elmo Bisher

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 18070071 / O-730348
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Revisions

Date: 8 Sep 2014 15:40:33

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Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection