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The 56th Fighter Group

Zemke's Wolfpack

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Station:
Kingscliffe January 12 1943 to 4 April 1943
Horsham St. Faith 5 April 1943 to 7 July 1943
Halesworth 8 July 1943 to 18 April 1944
Boxted 18 April 1944 to 9 September 1945
Station Callsign:
Sturdy (Halesworth)
Dogday (Boxted)
Group Callsign:
Yardstick (A Group) to 22 April '44 then Fairbank
Ashland (B Group) to 22 April '44 then Subway
Pantile (C Group from 23 April '44
(No Squadron Callsigns in C Group)
61st Fighter Squadron Littlefriends.co.uk Code: HV Callsign: Shaker
to 7 July '43 then:
Keyworth (A Group)
Halsted (B Group)
to 22 April '44 then:
Whippet (A Group)
Household (B Group)
62th Fighter Squadron Littlefriends.co.uk Code: LM Callsign: Harbour
to 7 July '43 then:
Woodfire (A Group)
Groundhog (B Group)
to 22 April '44 then:
Platform (A Group)
Icejug (B Group)
63rd Fighter Squadron Littlefriends.co.uk Code: UN Callsign: Moisture
to 7 July '43 then:
Postgate (A Group)
Northgrove (B Group) to 22 April '44 then:
Daily (A Group)
Yorker (B Group)


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Serial No Type Squad CodePilot Rank / Given Names Markings Comments MACR
42-75231 P-47D 61 HV-R          
42-75232 P-47D 63 UN-Z Johnson Maj. Gerald W "Jerry"      
42-75232 P-47D 62 LM-P Powers Capt. Joseph H Jr. Power's Girl (R)    
42-75232 P-47D 62 LM-D       Lost 21 Jan 45 - Lt. Max H Dahl KIMAC  
42-75232 P-47D 63 UN-Z Schiltz Capt. Glen D Jr. Pam Named for his young daughter.  
42-75232 P-47D 63 UN-D          
42-75234 P-47D 63 UN-Q Everett Lt. Evert G   Lost in this a/c 27 March 44 - KIA 3442
42-75234 P-47D 63 UN-R       Re-coded to UN-Q  
42-75237 P-47D 62 LM-S Schilling Lt.Col. David C Whack! To 61 FS  
42-75237 P-47D 61 HV-S       Lost 5 Sept 44 - Lt. Earl Hertel POW 8560
42-75241 P-47D 62 LM-I       Recoded from LM-A  
42-75241 P-47D 62 LM-A       Re-coded to LM-I  
42-75242 P-47D 62 LM-K Merrill Lt. Wiley H      
42-75242 P-47D 62 LM-K Quirk Maj. Michael B Artwork - Donald Duck with sore rear end a/c to Merrill  
42-75242 P-47D 62 LM-K          
42-75244 P-47D 61 HV-O Foster Lt. Justus D   To 368 FG 9th AF  
42-75246 P-47D 62 LM-F          
42-75247 P-47D 61 HV-L          
42-75266 P-47D 63 UN-F Hall Capt. George F      
42-75269 P-47D 61 HV-O Bennett Capt. Joseph H "Joe"      
42-75272 P-47D 61 HV-U Smith Maj. Donovan F "Dieppe, Don"      
42-75276 P-47D 63 UN-Q     Category "E" w/w Two seat conversion  
42-75278 P-47D 63 UN-B Westfall Capt. Russell B Anamosa    
42-75281 P-47D 62 LM-           
42-75282 P-47D 62 LM-J Cherry Lt. Robert C Eradicator Lost 22 June 44 - Capt. Charles E Tucker KIA (collision in landing pattern)  
42-75282 P-47D 61 HV-J          
42-75283 P-47D 62 LM-J          
42-75345 P-47D 61 HV-T       To 406 FG 9th AF & lost 22 June 44  
42-75363 P-47D 62 LM-F          
42-75382 P-47D 61 HV-S Smith Maj. Donavon F "Dieppe, Don" Ole Cock II    
42-75388 P-47D 62 LM-H Harrison Capt. Charles R   Re-coded to LM-S  
42-75388 P-47D 62 LM-S Schilling Lt.Col. David C   Lost 15 April 44 - Capt. Charles R Harrison KIA 3904
42-75393 P-47D 61 HV-S Stewart Lt.Col. James C "Jim"      
42-75394 P-47D 63 UN-R Burke Capt. Sylvester V      
42-75395 P-47D 63 UN-A     Gio-Gi To 366 FG 389 FS 9th AF  
42-75397 P-47D 61 HV-        Lost 6 March 44 - Lt. Andrew B Stauss KIA 2787
42-75412 P-47D 63 UN-S Smith Lt. Bernard R   To 366 FG 9th AF  
42-75414 P-47D 61 HV-V          
42-75429 P-47D 62 LM-S          
42-75432 P-47D 61 HV-T       To 365 FG 388 FS 9th AF  
42-75434 P-47D 61 HV-           
42-75435 P-47D 61 HV-C Conger Maj. Paul A Hollywood High Hatter To 406 F/G & lost 2 Jan 45  
42-75444 P-47D 62 LM-Z Boyle Lt. Mark K The Magnet Lost 13 May 44 - Lt. Harold E Hartney Jr. KIA 4690
42-75446 P-47D 61 HV-        Lost 22 March 44 - Lt. Melvin C Wood POW 3390
42-75461 P-47D 63 UN-           
42-75508 P-47D 61 HV-B Neyland Lt. Praeger Pistol Packin' Mama (L) The Cotton Chopper (R)    
42-75509 P-47D 61 HV-W Keen Capt. Robert J Ice Cold Kattie To 362 F/G & lost 29 July 44  
42-75510 P-47D 61 HV-A Gabreski Col. Francis S   To 373 F/G & Lost 15 Aug 44  
42-75540 P-47D 61 HV-        To 78 FG 84 FS  
42-75546 P-47D 61 HV-        Lost 22 April 1944 - Lt. George M Bracken Jr killed in crash landing.  
42-75565 P-47D 61 HV-C Popplewell Lt. Joel I Slugger    
42-75575 P-47D 63 UN-N Wisniewski Lt. Adam J      
42-75578 P-47D 61 HV-S Barnum Capt. Eugene E Jr.   Lost 5 July 44 - Lt. Timothy J Sullivan KIA 6558
42-75583 P-47D 62 LM-P Dade Lt.Col. Lucian A Jr. "Pete"   To 362 FG (9th AF & lost 14 June 44)  
42-75599 P-47D 62 LM-G Gordon Lt. William P Maximum Goose / Barbara Ann II    
42-75604 P-47D 61 HV-T       To 365 F/G & lost 7 Oct 44  
42-75631 P-47D 62 LM-H Henley Lt. Donald Jr.      
42-75658 P-47D 61 HV-S Klibbe Lt. Frank W "Klib" Little Chief / Anderson Indian Name fom Baseball Team (Anderson IA.) Lost 21 Jan 44 - Lt. Allen E Dimmick KIA 1849
42-75670 P-47D 63 UN-X       Lost 20 Nov 44 - Capt. Robert J Bradford KIA 10291
42-75683 P-47D 63 UN-S Stamps Lt. Samuel O   To 353 FG 352 FS  
42-75694 P-47D 61 HV-K          
42-75697 P-47D 62 LM-O       Lost 8 March 44 - Lt. Frederick L Roy KIA 2844
42-75704 P-47D 61 HV-R Neyland Capt. Praeger NMI Six Shooter Junction Lost 12 Aug 44 - Lt. William H Barnes - Evaded 7598
42-758.. P-47D 63 UN-C Clamp Capt. Charles C Artwork of nude on cowl    
42-75839 P-47D 61 HV-        Lost 1 April 44 - Lt. Thomas P Owens Jr. KIA 3460
42-75855 P-47D 63 UN-E Egan Capt. Joseph L Jr. Tony To 5 ERS  
42-75856 P-47D 63 UN-L          
42-75857 P-47D 63 UN-           
42-75859 P-47D 63 UN-C Clamp Capt. Charles C   Lost 4 July 44 - Lt. Samuel B Dale Jr. KIA 6559
42-75864 P-47D 63 UN-Z Zemke Col. Hubert A      
42-75870 P-47D 63 UN-Y Comstock Col. Harold E "Bunny"   Reassigned to Capt. Robert D Campbell Jr.  
42-76093 P-47D 62 LM-Y          
42-76096 P-47D 62 LM-E          
42-76118 P-47D 62 LM-        Lost 7 June 44 - Lt. Alfred D Evans Jr. KIA 5495
42-76179 P-47D 61 HV-V Klibbe Lt. Frank W "Klib" Little Chief Name fom Baseball Team (Anderson IA.) Klibe was player in 1938  
42-76234 P-47D 61 HV-P Johnson Maj. Robert S All Hell Re-coded to HV-S  
42-76234 P-47D 61 HV-S          
42-76249 P-47D 63 UN-V Johnson Maj. Gerald W "Jerry"   Lost 27 March 44 - Maj. Gerald W Johnson POW 3443
42-76249 P-47D 63 UN-Z       Re-coded to UN-V  
42-76250 P-47D 62 LM-S McClure Lt. Wendell A Sneaky McGee Artwork on nose - Baby in diaper holding six gun.  
42-76254 P-47D 61 HV-Y       To 62 FS  
42-76254 P-47D 62 LM-P       Lost 7 June 44 - Lt. Eugene E Bennett Evaded 5496
42-76303 P-47D 62 LM-           
42-76329 P-47D 62 LM-           
42-76330 P-47D 61 HV-L          
42-76344 P-47D 63 UN-           
42-76349 P-47D 63 UN-        To 405 F/G & lost17 July 44  
42-76363 P-47D 62 LM-F Edens Lt. Billy G      
42-76363 P-47D 62 LM-F Powers Lt. Joseph H   a/c to Edens  
42-76364 P-47D 62 LM-O          
42-76432 P-47D 61 HV-T       To 48 FG 494 FS 9th AF & lost 3 July 44  
42-76458 P-47D 61 HV-Q Herrin Lt. Reginald A Jr. Pat    
42-76468 P-47D 63 UN-R Aranyos Lt. John Ol'e Steel Butt (L) The Idaho Spud (R)    
42-76471 P-47D 63 UN-Z Zemke Col. Hubert A      
42-76471 P-47D 63 UN-X       Lost 5 Nov 44 - Lt. Albert L Henry KIA 10435
42-76503 P-47D 62 LM-N       Lost 8 May 44 - Lt. Gordon H Lewis POW (Shot down by Raymond G Phillips 352 FG 328 FS 42-106868 PE-P) 4545
42-76509 P-47D 61 HV-W       Lost 22 May 44 - Lt. Richard M Heineman KIA 5399
42-76532 P-47D 61 HV-T Holtmeier Lt. Herbert R Careless Love    
42-76534 P-47D 61 HV-        To 365 FG 387 FS 9th AF  
42-76559 P-47D 62 LM-R       Crash-landed 26 March 44 - Lt. Donald K Weigel  

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