FRE 9976
IMAGEColonel Hubert Zemke, later commanding officer of the 56th Fighter Group tutoring Chinese pilots at Bradley Field, 1942. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'April 1942. Bradley Field, Capt Zemke tutoring the Chinese national pilots- thru an interpreter to the pilot class of operations of the P-36. Labourious as this task appeared these twenty (20) pilots conducted the P-36 check out without an accident. Having now trained Americans, British and [ilegible] this work became a natural for Zemke. "Give me men with motivation and I will make the fighter pilots".'
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 479th Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group Headquarters (479th Fighter Group) Headquarters (56th Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: O-022353
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot / Commander