Lucian A Dade Jr

Military
media-56099.jpeg UPL 56099 Lt Col Pete Dade CO 56th FG J Cook photo collection and archives

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Object Number - UPL 56099 - Lt Col Pete Dade CO 56th FG

Commanding officer 56th Fighter Group.

Scored 3 air to air kills.

P-47D s/n 42-25959 LM+P

P-47M s/n 44-2166 LM+D "Jersey Bounce"

After the war he remained in what soon became the US Air Force. In the summer of 1950, Dade was an Operations Officer with the 2nd Air Division at Landsberg, Germany.

He retired in 1969 as a Colonel.

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Units served with

Aircraft

Lieutenant James G Bartley of the 353rd Fighter Group takes a photograph beside a P-47 Thunderbolt (SX-Q, serial number 42-25959). Written on slide casing: 'Bartley & P-47.'
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 2nd Air Division 353rd Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Squadron 61st Fighter Squadron 62nd Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Carpatho-Russian Defender
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron

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Born

Rochester, NY, USA 28 June 1916

Died

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Contributorfugari
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JCook Photo Collection & Archives

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I am his son

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I am his son

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ContributorLucy May
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Combined two entries for this airman. Now includes information from the following sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm

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ContributorAAM
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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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