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56th "The WolfPack" |
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| Air Forced Assigned To: | 8th (Dec '42 - end WWII) | |
| Stations Flown From: | Kings Ciffe, England (Dec '42 -April '43) | |
| Horsham St Faith, England (April '43 - July '43) | ||
| Halesworth, England (July '43 - April '44) | ||
| Boxted, England (April '44 - end WWII) | ||
| Campaigns Flown in: | American Theatre | |
| Air Offensive, Europe | ||
| Normandy | ||
| Northern France | ||
| Rhineland | ||
| Ardennes-Alsace | ||
| Central Europe | ||
| Awards Won: | Distinguished Unit Citation: ETO, 20 Feb - 9 March '44 | |
| Distinguished Unit Citation: Holland, 18 Sept '44 | ||
Aces were:
(scores in the group only- some scored victories while flying in other groups or
squadrons)
| HQ: | Schilling, D (22.5) | ||||||
| Zemke, H (15.25) | |||||||
| Johnson, G (1) | |||||||
| 61st FS: | Gabreski, G (28) | 62nd FS: | Christensen, F (21.5) | 63rd FS: | Mahurin, W (19.75) | ||
| Johnson, R (25) | Williamson, F (13) | Schlitz, G (8) | |||||
| Powers, J (12) | Quirk, M (11) | Johnson, G (7) | |||||
| Stewart, J (11.5) | Schreiber, L (10) | Truluck, J (7) | |||||
| Gladych, B (10) | Morrill, S (9) | Hall, G (6) | |||||
| Rankin, R (10) | Jackson, M (8) | Hart, C (6) | |||||
| Johnson, G (7.5) | Edens, B (7) | Comstock, H (5) | |||||
| Klibbe, F (7) | Moseley, M (6.5) | Conger, P (5) | |||||
| Keen, R (7) | Cook, W (6) | Egan, J (5) | |||||
| Lamb, R (7) | Bostwick, G (5) | Vogt, J (5) | |||||
| Conger, P (6.5) | Icard, J (5) | Bostwick, G (3) | |||||
| Carter, J (6) | O'Neill, E (4.5) | ||||||
| Smith, L (6) | Gould, N (4) | ||||||
| Bennett, J (5.5) | Dade, L (3) | ||||||
| McCauley, F (5.5) | Powers, J (2.5) | ||||||
| Smith, D (5.5) | Johnson, R (2) | ||||||
| Gerick, S (5) | Smith, L (1) | ||||||
| McMinn, E (5) | |||||||
| Lanowski, W (4) | |||||||
| Schreiber, L (2) | |||||||
| Total Aircraft Claims in Air: | Destroyed | Probable | Damaged | |||
| 664 | 59 | 239 | ||||
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| Squadron Insignia and Codes: | 61st | 62nd | 63rd | ||
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