part of the 49th Fighter Group, 5th Air Force, in the skies over New Guinea. The aircraft also bore the nickname *Mr. Five by ...

with the 8th Fighter Squadron’s Blacksheep of the 49th Fighter Group, 5th Air Force, over New Guinea during WWII. The ...

Joining in the fun, as usual, were the “Forty-niners,” men of the Fifth Air Force’s famed 49th Fighter Group, first expeditionary unit of the Army Air Forces to go overseas. Formed in ...