Edgar J Huff

Military
media-23646.jpeg UPL 23646 Pilots of 63rd Fighter Squadron Jan/Feb 1945. (From L-R) Top Row: Willard C Scherz, Alfred M Bolender, Jay P Green, John W Keeler, John T Bradshaw, Edwin M Crosthwait, James C Naylor, Pershing B Trumble, Edgar J Huff, Thomas B Hennessy, Russell W Campbell, Eugene W Andermatt. Bottom Row: Vernon A Smith, Carl J Bokina, John A Arnold, Emmett S Barrentine, Thomas W Smith Jr., William R Hoffman, Robert E Bailey, Arthur T Shupe, William M Woods, (Flight Surgeon), Thomas W Queen Jr., Paul C Dawson, John C Fahringer, Nathan S Neu, (Supply).

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Object Number - UPL 23646 - Pilots of 63rd Fighter Squadron Jan/Feb 1945. (From L-R) Top Row: Willard C Scherz, Alfred M Bolender, Jay P Green, John W Keeler, John T Bradshaw,...

Completed 25 missions and transferred to the 56th FG. Flew on B-24 'Lassie Come Home'

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

Ground crew of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, grouped around P-47 Thunderbolt (squadron code UN-B, serial number 44-21209), known as "Lookin' Fer Trouble". 1944-1945.

42-21209

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Lookin fer Trouble.
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Gosam Co, Wy 30 April 1922

Died

20 February 1991

Buried

West Grove, Iowa

Revisions

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list ;
- www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.458bg.com/crewaz10tracy.htm / www.458bg.com , www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm

Edgar J Huff: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 23646 - Pilots of 63rd Fighter Squadron Jan/Feb 1945....

'Lassie Come Home'

Object number: UPL 70223 - B-24 44-40283 'Lassie Come Home'. Rear L-R: John...