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The 56th Fighter Group in World War II

Edited by Albert H. Davis, II, Russell J. Coffin, Robert B. Woodward. Half-title. Illustrated title page. Text in two columns. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20 ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Donald Blakeslee, WWII fighter pilot

By the end of the war, the 4th Fighter Group was credited with destroying 1,020 German aircraft, 550 shot out of the air and 470 hit while on the ground. That total surpassed the 992 German planes ...
The Washington Post

For WWII Fighter Aces Once Enemies, a Reunion and a Salute

On May 12, 1944, Luftwaffe ace Gunther Rall, in a dogfight over Germany with American fighter pilots, had already shot down two P-47 Thunderbolts. Rall suddenly discovered he was targeted by four ...
Los Angeles Times

Fred J. Christensen, 84; WWII Ace Downed 6 Enemy Planes in 1 Day

Fred J. Christensen, a leading American ace of World War II who once shot down six German transport airplanes in a day, died April 4 at the Beaumont nursing home in Northborough, Mass. He was 84 and ...
Missoulian

Memorial Day weekend events salute Montana's fallen heroes

Memorial Day weekend 2023: Honoring U.S. Air veterans. 3 p.m., Rocky Mountain Museum of Military History, Building T-316, Fort Missoula. Program: "Montanans in the 56th Fighter Group." World War II ...
Kotaku

DCS World: P-47D Thunderbolt Wolfpack Campaign

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from DCS World: P-47D Thunderbolt Wolfpack Campaign 'Zemke's Wolfpack', the 56th Fighter Group was one of the most famous fighting units of the USAAF in World ...