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Title
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The 362nd Fighter Group
Subject
The topic of the resource
Information regarding the 362nd Fighter Group
Description
An account of the resource
Items in this collection are a part of the 362nd Fighter Group history. This means that items can pertain to the 377th Fighter Squadron (F.S.), the 378th F.S., and the 379th Squadron. Items that pertain to more than one F.S. will be placed here, even if one of those squadrons is the 379th. Whether the group commander was Colonel Morton Magoffin or Colonel Joseph Laughlin at the time of creation will not relegate items to this collection or that of the 379th F.S.; it is the content and context of the item itself.
Source
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National Museum of the United States Air Force
National Museum of the United States Air Force - Research Division
Publisher
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United States Air Force
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
March 1943- December 1945
Text
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Title
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362nd Destroys Multiple German Planes and Trains in One Day
Source
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National Museum of the United States Air Force - Research Division
Publisher
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United States Air Force
Subject
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The effective destruction that the 362nd could impose on the Germans
Description
An account of the resource
This article describes the destructiveness of the 362nd by describing the amount of German planes and trains that they destroyed in one Saturday.
Creator
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Omaha World-Herald
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
October 30, 1944
362nd Fighter Group
Colonel Joseph Laughlin
destroyed
freight cars
Luftwaffe
Newspaper
P-47
Thunderbolt
trains
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Title
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Ninth Air Force
Subject
The topic of the resource
The Ninth Air Force was under the Army Air Corps
Description
An account of the resource
Items in this collection do not apply completely to the 362nd Fighter Group or the 379th Fighter Squadron. They are a part of the larger story of the Ninth Air Force under the auspices of the Army Air Corps
Source
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National Museum of the United States Air Force - Research Division
National Museum of the United States Air Force
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
United States Air Force
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1941-1945
Still Image
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Title
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A Destroyed German Train and Tracks
Source
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National Museum of the United States Air Force
Publisher
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United States Air Force
Subject
The topic of the resource
Trains and bridges were common ground targets for P-47s
Description
An account of the resource
Railroad lines were a common target of air interdiction missions flown by the 362nd Fighter Group. Trains, their military cargo, and bridges were common targets of opportunity. The train and railway bridge were destroyed by fighter-bombers in the Ninth Air Force
bridges
damage
destroyed
Ninth Air Force
railroad
trains
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Title
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Colonel Joseph Laughlin in the Service of the Army Air Corps
Subject
The topic of the resource
Colonel Joseph Laughlin's time spent as a service member of the Army Air Corps
Description
An account of the resource
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
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
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
An entity responsible for making the resource available
United States Air Force
The Estate of the late Colonel Joseph Laughlin
The C.R. Laughlin family
Text
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Title
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A Press Release about Colonel Joseph Laughlin's Combat Record
Source
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National Museum of the United States Air Force - Research Division
Publisher
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United States Air Force
Subject
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Before his return to Nebraska on leave in the winter of 1944, the Public Relations Office of the Ninth Air Force sent this press release to the parents of Colonel Joseph Laughlin for distribution to local papers
Description
An account of the resource
This press release covers the combat record that Colonel Laughlin had accrued up until December of 1944. In it, it discusses his recent promotion, his awards, his most notorious credits of destruction, and an account of all destroyed German equipment. It also describes some of his group's credits as well as their overall mission in Europe.
Creator
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Ninth Air Force Public Relations Office, Army Air Corps
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
December 4, 1944
362nd Fighter Group
Brest
Brest Harbor
Colonel Joseph Laughlin
combat missions
Croix de Guerre
Dam
damage
destroyed
Distinguished Flying Cross
General Patton
German Light Cruiser
gun positions
Nebraska
P-47
Press Release
Seille River
Silver Star
tanks
Third Army
Thunderbolt
trains
trucks
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Title
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Colonel Joseph Laughlin in the Service of the Army Air Corps
Subject
The topic of the resource
Colonel Joseph Laughlin's time spent as a service member of the Army Air Corps
Description
An account of the resource
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
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
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
An entity responsible for making the resource available
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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Insignias of Destruction on Colonel Joseph Laughlin's 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
US Army Air Corps
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1940s
Subject
The topic of the resource
The official destruction insignia located on Colonel Laughlin's P-47
Description
An account of the resource
Accounts were kept of what pilots destroyed in combat. To tout those successes, pilots would have the record painted on their planes, with tallies next to each symbol for tanks, trucks, and locomotives. The Nazi flags represented downed enemy aircraft; 5 flags meant the pilot was an ace. Colonel Laughlin was the only known pilot in World War II to be solely credited for sinking an enemy ship. The battleship insignia represented the German Light Cruiser he sunk in Brest Harbor.
Brest Harbor
Colonel Joseph Laughlin
Five by Five
German Light Cruiser
Insignia
P-47
planes
trains
trucks
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Title
A name given to the resource
Colonel Joseph Laughlin in the Service of the Army Air Corps
Subject
The topic of the resource
Colonel Joseph Laughlin's time spent as a service member of the Army Air Corps
Description
An account of the resource
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
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
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
An entity responsible for making the resource available
United States Air Force
The Estate of the late Colonel Joseph Laughlin
The C.R. Laughlin family
Text
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
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Title
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Press Release Concerning Colonel Joseph Laughlin and the Bombing of Bremen Airport
Source
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National Museum of the United States Air Force - Research Division
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
United States Air Force
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Ninth Air Force Public Relations Office, Army Air Corps
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1944
Subject
The topic of the resource
A press release that touts the accomplishments of Colonel Laughlin and the 362nd Fighter Group
Description
An account of the resource
This press release, also found in a partial article from a Nebraska newspaper also in this collection, describes the recent successes of Colonel Laughlin in France. It includes the details behind a Ninth Air Force record-setting flight that was Colonel Laughlin's idea as payback to the Nazis for all that they had done so far. It goes into detail about Colonel Laughlin's life before the war, his friendship with the current 362nd Group Commander, Colonel Morton Magoffin, and how he is viewed by the men in the group. It is also the only time his first wife, Kathleen, is mentioned in any format.
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362nd Fighter Group
Air Medal
Alpha Tau Omega
bombs
Bremen
Bremen Airport
cars
Colonel Joseph Laughlin
Colonel Morton Magoffin
combat missions
Distinguished Flying Cross
divebombing
Elks Lodge
European Theater
Five by Five
flak
German
Grand Island
Hawaii
Kathleen
Kelly Field
Luftwaffe
Mogin's Maulers
Nebraska
P-36
P-40
P-47
Pacific Theater
Pearl Harbor
San Francisco
tanks
Thunderbolt
trains
trucks
University of Nebraska
Wheeler Field
wife