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[Robert S. Johnson holding 56th Fighter Group's crow mascot]
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2002-02-13-1098_image_394
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The James C. Stewart Fighter Ace Collection (2002-02-13.1098), Box 1, Folder 9
Description
Photograph of fighter ace Robert S. Johnson holding a crow, mascot of the 56th Fighter Group, while seated in a Republic P-47D Thunderbolt aircraft, circa September 1943.
Inscription included with photo: "Bob Johnson, September 1943 with 56th Fighter Group lucky mascots - a black and friendly crow. - Per page 144 of 'Thunderbolt!', Robert S. Johnson with Martin Caidin, Rinehart and Company, Inc: New York and Toronto, 1958. See also Chapter 11 same book. Summer of 1944 Robert S. Johnson is US leading ace with 28 confirmed air to air kills."
Creation Date
circa 1943-09
Subject
Johnson, Robert S., 1920-1998
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Army Air Forces
United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 56th
Air pilots, Military
Aces (Fighter pilots)
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt
Airplanes, Military
Crows
Animals
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photographic prints
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The James C. Stewart Fighter Ace Collection/The Museum of Flight
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[Robert S. Johnson holding 56th Fighter Group's crow mascot]
, [2002-02-13-1098_image_394]. Museum of Flight Digital Collections, accessed 09/12/2025, https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/nodes/view/7000
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