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George H Fite

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media-14252.jpeg UPL 14252 334th Fighter Squadron crew chiefs pose with (then) Lt. "Steve" Pisano's P-47 Thunderbolt "Miss Plainfield.
Sitting on wing L-R: Leroy P. Hadden, Joseph S. Waydak, Walter F. Hughes, Paul G. Fox and Howard L. Shelley.
Standing L-R: Jeremiah M. Conway, John Kennedy, Robert J. Kellett, Edward G. Nelson, Wallace E. Durham, Walter Gukeisen, Geoarge Fite and Steve Veg Bali.
Kneeling L-R: Wallace C. Carrier and Donald E. Allen.

Personal research & 'The Debden Eagles' by Garry L. Fry.

Object Number - UPL 14252 - 334th Fighter Squadron crew chiefs pose with (then) Lt. "Steve" Pisano's P-47 Thunderbolt "Miss Plainfield. Sitting on wing L-R: Leroy P. Hadden,...

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Personnel talk to Lieutenant-Colonel Oscar Coen of the 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Groupin the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt after a mission over Paris, 15 October 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'American Thunderbolt fighters are proving a terror to the German pilots (former members of the R.A.F.). Flying their high altitude fast diving fighters, that have accounted for many enemy planes. In the raid over Paris the fighters of this station accounted for 17 down, 5 probables and one damaged. 1

334th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

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Debden

Site type: Airfield

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Date28 Mar 2015 17:10:21

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Personal research & 'The Debden Eagles' by Garry L. Fry.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:10:57

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/4th-headquarters---ground.html

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Object number: UPL 14252 - 334th Fighter Squadron crew chiefs pose with (then...