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56th Fighter Group by Roger Freeman, Chris Davey is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is 56th Fighter Group about?
One of the first Thunderbolt groups to see action in the European Theatre of Operations (ETO) with the US Army Air Forces, the 56th Fighter Group (FG) was also the only fighter unit within the Eighth Air Force to remain equipped with the mighty P-47 until war's end. Led by the inspirational 'Hub' Zemke, this group was responsible for devising many of the bomber escort tactics employed by VIII Fighter Command between 1943 and 1945. By VE-Day the 56th FG had shot down 100 more enemy aircraft than
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Roger Freeman, Chris Davey
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781841760476
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Social Science, Warfare & Defence, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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