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The 5th Emergency Resue Squadron

(Air Sea Rescue Squadron)

Station:

Boxted 1 May 1944 to 16 January 1945
Halesworth 16 January 1945 - EOW

Station Callsign:

Boxted: Dogday
Halesworth: Sturdy

Unit Callsign:

Code 5F
Callsign Teamwork

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Serial No	Type	Squad	Code	Pilot	Rank / Given Names	Markings	Comments	MACR
42-22472	P-47D	5ERS	5F-
42-22547	P-47D	5ERS	5F-
42-22784	P-47D	5ERS	5F-N
42-74622	P-47D	5ERS	5F-R			Terry
42-74690	P-47D	5ERS	5F-J
42-74724	P-47D	5ERS	5F-
42-74744	P-47D	5ERS	5F-P			Blind Date
42-75154	P-47D	5ERS	5F-I
42-75528	P-47D	5ERS	5F-H	Akard	Lt. Richard J Jr.	Diane III
42-7899	P-47D	5ERS	5F-M
42-7910	P-47D	5ERS	5F-Q
42-8375	P-47D	5ERS	5F-C
42-8485	P-47D	5ERS	5F-T
42-8646	P-47D	5ERS	5F-Y			Primrose Peggy
42-8693	P-47D	5ERS	5F-E	Bateman	Lt. Jack H	Miss Margaret/Pee Wee
43-25534	P-47D	5ERS	5F-B			Invincible Faye
42-76143	P-47D	5ERS	5F-X
42-8490	P-47D	5ERS	5F-L			Bundle Of Joy
42-74664	P-47D	5ERS	5F-U				Collided with 42- 8402 5F-F on landing 8 Aug 44
42-8401	P-47D	5ERS	5F-K			Chris (R)	Crashed Station 124 Tibenham, due to engine failure 16 August 1944. Pilot Lt. Robert Jones
43-25565	P-47D	5ERS	5F-K			Katie	Ex 56th FG 61st FS. Crashed 15 Dec 44
42-7914	P-47D	5ERS	5F-				Ex HL-P of 78FG 83FS
42-25711	P-47D	5ERS	5F-D			Bubbles	Lost 1 Aug 44 - Lt. John W Clark MIA	7735
42-8496	P-47D	5ERS	5F-X			Galloping Catastrophe	Lost 13 March 45. Lt. Thomas E Barket killed following mid-air collision with B-24 42-50359 'TARFU' from Seething.
42-76175	P-47D	5ERS	5F-D			Big Dick II	Lost 8 April 45 - collision with 42-74705 5F-O. F/O Louis S Davis KIA
42-74705	P-47D	5ERS	5F-O	Judd	Lt. Russell P	Lady Lorelei	Lost in this a/c 8 April 45 - KIA in mid-air collision with 42-76175 5F-D.
42-22476	P-47D	5ERS	5F-V	Voninski	Lt. Peter NMI	Helen	Previously with 78th FG as MX-S "Fortune's Fool" and crash-landed Martlesham Heath on 4 January 1944 with Lt. Joseph E Scheibler as MX-J. Reissued to 5ERS.
42-8410	P-47D	5ERS	5F-L				Retired 1 Aug 44
42-8402	P-47D	5ERS	5F-F				Suffered accident on ferry flight from Burtonwood to Boxted on 21 May 1944. Collided with 42-74664 5F-U on landing 8 Aug 44
42-75855	P-47D	5ERS	5F-A			Tony	w/w
42-7922	P-47D	5ERS	5F-Z				w/w
42-8554	P-47D	5ERS	5F-W				w/w
42-8586	P-47D	5ERS	5F-S				w/w
42-75228	P-47D	5ERS	5F-G			Harriet	w/w to 361 F/G as E2-L
42-8619	P-47D	5ERS	5F-K			Man Made Monster	w/w. From 4th FG as QP-O name retained.

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