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Lieutenant-General Spaatz awards Colonel Hubert Zemke, commanding officer of the 56th Fighter Group the Distinguished Service Cross at Halesworth,March 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '3-17. Lt. Gen. Spaatz C/Gen. Allied Air Forces - Europe pins the Distinguished Service Cross on Col. Hub Zemke, C.O. 56th Fighter Group, Officers Mess, Halesworth Air Base, Mar. 1944. Back row: Lft. to Rgt.: 1. Walker Mahurin. 2. Gerald Johnson. 3. D.C. Schilling. 4. Mike Quirk. 5. James Stewart. 6. Joe Powers. 7. Fre
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Lieutenant-General Spaatz awards Colonel Hubert Zemke, commanding officer of the 56th Fighter Group the Distinguished Service Cross at Halesworth,March 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '3-17. Lt. Gen. Spaatz C/Gen. Allied Air Forces - Europe pins the Distinguished Service Cross on Col. Hub Zemke, C.O. 56th Fighter Group, Officers Mess, Halesworth Air Base, Mar. 1944. Back row: Lft. to Rgt.: 1. Walker Mahurin. 2. Gerald Johnson. 3. D.C. Schilling. 4. Mike Quirk. 5. James Stewart. 6. Joe Powers. 7. Fred Christensen. 'All Aces or Better.''

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Lieutenant-Colonel David C. Schilling, an ace P-47 Thunderbolt pilot of the 56th Fighter Group, holds an adapted hand gun. Schilling was Commanding Officer of the 56th FG between 12 August 1944 and 27 January 1945.

David C Schilling

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 65th Fighter Wing 56th Fighter Group 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron 62nd Fighter Squadron 63rd Fighter Squadron Headquarters (56th Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-393204
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot; Commanding Officer; Assistant Director Intelligence

Carl Andrew Spaatz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: US Strategic Air Forces Headquarters (Eighth Air Force)
  • Highest Rank: General
  • Role/Job: Commanding General, 8th Air Force

James Clarence Stewart

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: VIII Fighter Command 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (VIII Fighter Command) Headquarters (56th Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-397528 ; O-366788
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 56th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'First Lieutenant Hub Zemke, US Army Air Corps, 8th Pursuit Group, Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York. Taken just before dispersal to England as an Observer to the Royal Air Force.'

Hubert A Zemke

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 479th Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group Headquarters (479th Fighter Group) Headquarters (56th Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-022353
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot / Commander

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Associated Lt General Spaatz, Major General Johnson, Colonel Schilling, Lieutenant Colonel Stewart and Lieutenants Powers and Quirk to the picture.

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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection