111th Fighter Squadron
World War 2
111th Fighter Squadron
World War 2
(1) An unidentified O-52A at
Laredo, Texas, in November 1941. This is during some
sort of "war games" and a colored cross is painted over the
fuselage cocarde. The aircraft is OD over gray.
(2) A P-43A (40-2918) at
Daniel Field, Augusta, Georgia in early 1942. The P-43s
were used to provide training on higher powered aircraft than
the 111th had used in the past. The P-43s came from the
55th Pursuit Group, which had transitioned to P-38s. The
55th's markings are still carried. OD over gray.
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(3) A-20B 41-3016 with nose art,
most likely stateside prior to shipping out for North Africa.
(4) Artwork on another
unidentified A-20B. It is possible that this is the same
aircraft as above.
(5) A-20B 41-3241 with a
dusting of snow at Oujda, French Morocco. At this time
the squadron was mainly engaged in anti sub patrol.
(6) Nose art on another
unidentified A-20.
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(7) An F-6A in Italy sporting a
large number of "eye ball" recon mission markings.
The fuselage roundel has had the yellow surround used in North
Africa painted over, the fresh paint showing up as
darker. The "Snoopers" insignia is on the nose.
(8) The "Snoopers" emblem.
(9) F-6C 42-103018 "CK"
from "C" flight of the 111th TRS. The different
flights were designated "A", "B", "C", etc. with the first
letter designating the flight and the second letter being the
individual aircraft within the flight. Colors were also
used, with "C" flight having red spinners. The camera
port on this F-6C, and the following ones, is visible forward
and below the letter "C".
(10) The return of natural
metal! F-6C 42-103217 Dijon, France.
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(11) When the 111th TRS moved from
the 12th Air Force to the 9th AF, a couple of changes in
markings came about. Squadrons now had two place
designators, in this case "N5" for the 111th and a letter for
the individual aircraft. N5 Y is F-6C 42-103196. The
second change is the adoption of red tail stripes.
(12) F-6C 42-103207 "The
Beast".
(13) F-6C 42-103003 over
the French countryside. Note that this aircraft and 196
above are both fitted with the RAF developed "Malcom" canopy.
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(14) Combat units usually had a
few "hacks" for various miscellaneous duties and the 111th was
no different. A-20B 41-3417 was aquired from the 47th
BG. What appears to be a colored band behind the number
69 is most likely fresh OD painted over previous markings.
(15) B-25C 41-12870.
This is one of those photos that arouses one's curiosity
without satisfying it. What did the rest of the sircraft
look like? The paint scheme appears to be OD and Sand
over gray, but the darker color could just be fresher paint.
(16) A very poor photo of
C-47B 43-49213. The name "Super Snooper" in white, or
yellow, is barely visible on upper fuselage.
(17) The only other
markings appear to be the yellow serial number on the tail.
The 111th TRS also operated
F-6Ds and F-6Ks, but I have not found photos. I have
also not been able to find photos of the P-39Ls flown bt the
Texas unit.
Prewar and early period. 1923-1940
Vietnam era and after. 1965-Present
Clifford Bossie
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