John Pope Bryant

Military
media-16968.jpeg UPL 16968 Lt John Pope Bryant poses in front of P-47C 41-6234 LM-A 'Thumbs Up Doc' 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force.

Object Number - UPL 16968 - Lt John Pope Bryant poses in front of P-47C 41-6234 LM-A 'Thumbs Up Doc' 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force.

Assigned to 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force. 78 x missions, credited 2 x victories. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Thumbs Up Doc Sugar Baby
  • Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 56th Fighter Group 552nd Fighter Training Squadron 62nd Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 368th Fighter Group

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA, USA 5 November 1941

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

England, UK Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Glendale, CA, USA

Other

Assigned

Halesworth, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19, UK Assigned to 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force

Died

Born

Los Angeles County, CA, USA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm

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