Pilots of the 56th Fighter Group sit along the body and wing of a P-47 Thunderbolt, probably at Boxted air base where the 56th FG were based between 18 April 1944 to 9 September 1945. Passed for publication on 17 July 1944. Printed caption attached to print: 'Top-scoring U.S. Fighter Group. The highest scoring United States Fighter Group in England - and probably in the world - is that led by Col. Herbert Zempke [sic], former assistant air attache in Moscow. The Thunderbolt group, known as the Zempke [sic] Wolf Pack has shot down 540 enemy planes; has 38 aces - men with over five victories each, and the American record holder, Lt. Col. Francis Gabreski, who has a bag of 30. Associated Press photo shows: some of the American airmen who have helped to make the group famous crowded on a Thunderbolt.