This website is respectfully dedicated to the memory of the 56th Fighter Group and its associate support groups. In the skies over Europe during 1943-1945 the 56th established itself as the USAAF's top fighter group and created a legacy that will never be surpassed.

The 56th Fighter Group personnel are amongst almost 12,000 troops packed on the Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth which has been pressed into service as a high speed troop transport ship. Members of the 33rd Service group are also aboard.

Website dedicated to the 56th Fighter Group in World War II “The aeroplane that you can fly into combat, do your job, and get you home, is THE best aeroplane in the world, and the P-47 did that for us”

The 56th Fighter Group flew 8 dive bombing missions is support of the Allied invasion. Claims: 12-1-4. MIA: H Warner (63); W McClure (62); E Bennett (62); D Furlong (62); A Evans (62)

Peter Randall from Little Friends and Nigel Julian from the 56th FG website have joined forces and are making their publishing debut with a highly detailed account of the history of the 56th Fighter Group.

A complete list of personnel who served with the 56th FIGHTER GROUP and its associated service units

A collection of interviews with 56th Fighter Group personnel from the excellent TIMELESS VOICES OF AVIATION series. Click on each picture to watch the full interview. If you have a story to share from your time in the 56FG,

In April 1944 Donavon finished his operational tour, opting to take 30 days leave in the USA and returning to the 56th Fighter Group for a second tour. While away on leave the 56th completed its move to Boxted in readiness for the D-Day landings, …

THE STORY OF WORLD WAR II's MOST SUCCESSFUL FIGHTER OUTFIT Publisher: Grub Street 2004 Author: Roger Freeman ISBN-10:1904010938 ISBN-13:978-1904010937

Website dedicated to the 56th Fighter Group in World War II 'THEN AND NOW' COMPARISON PHOTOS Views of Langham Lodge at Boxted better known to the 56th as "The Wheel House"