Squadron - 56th Fighter Group

Squadron - 56th Fighter Group
Squadron - 56th Fighter Group

  • Comprehensive histories of the elite fighter pilots and the aircraft that they flew
  • A unique source of information researched by recognized experts and brought to life by first-hand accounts from the combat veterans themselves
  • Concise, authoritative text is supported by at least 30 specially commissioned original color artworks, new scale plans and the best archival photography from around the world
  • Written by Larry Davis
  • 64 pages


The 56th Operations Group is a unit of the United States Air Force, and the flying component of the 56th Fighter Wings. 

The group is the direct descendant of the World War II 56th Fighter Group of the United States army Air Forces. 

The 56th Fighter Group is credited by the Air Force Historical Research Agency with the destruction of 665.5 aircraft in air-to-air combat, the 56th Fighter Group had more air-to-air kills than any other fighter group in the Eighth Air Force, was the top-scoring Republic P-47 Thunderbolt group during World War II, and recorded the second-highest number of air-to-air kills of any USAAF fighter group. 


The 56th also claimed 311 fighters destroyed on the ground.


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