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Photograph of (from left to right) Hubert A. Zemke, Harold E. Comstock, a serviceman identified as "Johnson," and General William E. Kepner conversing at an unspecified event, circa 1940s.Inscription on verso: "Zemke, Comstock, Johnson, Kepner."
[Harold E. Comstock]
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Photograph of fighter ace Harold E. Comstock in the cockpit of a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft, circa 1940s.Inscription on verso: "Comstock."Inscription included with photo: "'Bunny' Comstock or Harold put in command of the 63rd when Joe Egan was shot down. 184 'Zemke's Wolf Pack' Roger A. Freeman."
Photograph of a group of U.S. Army Air Forces pilots listening to General William E. Kepner, circa 1940s. Identified individuals in the inscription include Hubert A. Zemke, Walker M. Mahurin, Praegar Neyland, and Harold E. Comstock.Inscription on verso: "Zemke, Mahurin, Neyland, Comstock, Kepner. Gen. Kepner, Col. Zemke, Major Mahurin."
Photographic group portrait of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, United States Army Air Forces, posing with a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, circa 1940s. Some of the servicemen are identified via inscription.
Inscription on verso: "63rd Fighter Sqdn. T.R.: Compton [George Compton], Hall [George F. Hall], [blank], Ludwig [Vance Ludwig], Dugas [Harry Dugas], Moore, Perry, Brown, Schiltz [Glen Schiltz]. M.R.:…
Photograph of several 56th Fighter Group pilots walking arm in arm, circa 1940s. From left to right: Walter V. Cook, Morrill, John P. Bryant, John H. Truluck, Walker M. Mahurin, Harold E. Comstock, David C. Schilling, Francis S. Gabreski, Horace C. Craig, James C. Stewart, Frank W. Klibbe, Brown, Eugene W. O'Neill, Raymond Petty, Irvin Valenta, Anthony R. Carcione.Inscription on paper glued to…
In this two-part oral history, fighter ace Harold E. Comstock discusses his military service with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. In part one, he describes his experiences as a fighter pilot and his time in Europe with the 63rd Fighter Squadron of the 56th Fighter Group. Special focus on several of his combat missions, including one on December 23, 1944 in which he destroyed…
In this two-part oral history, fighter ace Harold E. Comstock discusses his military service with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. In part two, Comstock is interviewed by historian Eric M. Hammel and provides clarifying details regarding the wartime experiences and missions discussed in part one. He also describes his training history and touches briefly on his postwar…