Zemke’s Wolfpack – The 56th Fighter Group racks up the kills

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COL. HUBERT ZEMKE, CO of the 56th FG, had seen his Republic P-47 Thunderbolt pilots mature from the first group trained on that type aircraft to a group that was ready to fight when it arrived in England in April l943. And he had commanded them through their initial combat problems, such as the fight for droppable fuel tanks to extend their range to paddle-bladed propellers to improve their rate of climb. As these improvements...

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