UNITED STATES EIGHTH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945 - Celebratory walk of 56th Fighter Group P-47 Thunderbolt pilots after a successful caption attached to print: "Good Hunting" for Thunderbolt squadron. There was "good hunting" over northwest Germany Friday for one Eighth Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt squadron. Flying escort for the heavy bombers, the group's kill totaled twenty-six German fighter planes down. Associated Press photo shows: At their base in England after the raid, the pilots who made the kill, left to right: Capt. Cook, Cincinnati, Ohio, two Me 110s; Lt
UNITED STATES EIGHTH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945 - Celebratory walk of 56th Fighter Group P-47 Thunderbolt pilots after a successful caption attached to print: "Good Hunting" for Thunderbolt squadron. There was "good hunting" over northwest Germany Friday for one Eighth Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt squadron. Flying escort for the heavy bombers, the group's kill totaled twenty-six German fighter planes down. Associated Press photo shows: At their base in England after the raid, the pilots who made the kill, left to right: Capt. Cook, Cincinnati, Ohio, two Me 110s; Lt. Morrill, Williamantle, Conn., one Me 109; Lt. Bryant, Glendale, California, one Me 110; Lt. Truluck, Lynchburg, , one Fw190 and one Me 110; Capt. Walker Mahurin, Fort Wayne, Ind., three Me 110s, the second credit for three in one day; Lt. Harold Comstock, Fresno, California, one Me 110 and two damaged; Lt. Col. David C. Schilling, Traverse City, Michigan., two Fw 109s and one damaged; Major Gabreski, Long Island, , two Me 110s; Major Craig, Somerfield, Ohio, one Me 110 and one Me 210; Major Stewart, Corona, California, one Do 217; F/O Klibbe, Anderson, Ind., one Me 109; Lt. Brown, Salt Lake City, Utah, one Me 109; Capt. O'Neill, Long Island, , one Me 110 and one Fw 190; Lt. Raymond Petty, El Paso, Texas, one Fw 190; Lt. Valento, Sweet Home, Texas, three Me 110s; and Lt. A Carcione, Bethlehem, Pa., one Fw 190. Mahurin was also credited with a probable. Print, loose , United States Army Air Forces, United States Army Air Forces, 8th Air Force, Gabreski (Gabryszewski), Francis Stanley, Schilling, David, Klibbe, Frank, United States Army Air Forces, 56th Fighter Group
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