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Dublin Core
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Title
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Colonel Joseph Laughlin in the Service of the Army Air Corps
Subject
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Colonel Joseph Laughlin's time spent as a service member of the Army Air Corps
Description
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From his acceptance into the Flying Cadet Program to the re-designation of the Army Air Corps as the United States Air Force, Colonel Joseph Laughlin built up experience as an excellent pilot, commander, and leader. The items contained in this collection apply to Colonel Joseph Laughlin's career within the Army Air Corps. They span his prewar service, his war service, and the year following his war service in which the Army Air Corps had not yet been re-designated as the United States Air Force.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1939-1946
Source
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National Museum of the United States Air Force
National Museum of the United States Air Force - Research Division
The Estate of the late Colonel Joseph Laughlin
The C.R. Laughlin family
Publisher
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United States Air Force
The Estate of the late Colonel Joseph Laughlin
The C.R. Laughlin family
Still Image
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Title
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Colonel Joseph Laughlin's Call Sign on the Fuselage of His P-47, Five by Five
Source
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National Museum of the United States Air Force
Publisher
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United States Air Force
Creator
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Republic Aviation Corporation
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1940s
Subject
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Every pilot had a call sign painted on their plane, another form of identification in the air or on the ground
Description
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The call sign reads as "B8-A". The "B" is for the 379th Fighter Squadron; the "A" is for the 362nd Fighter Group; and the "8" is the plane number within the squadron. This was Colonel Laughlin's call sign in early 1945.
1945
362nd Fighter Group
379th Fighter Squadron
call sign
Colonel Joseph Laughlin
Five by Five
fuselage
Insignia
P-47
Thunderbolt