This is all about common
courtesy; if you're going to form a new squad, you don't choose a name that someone else is already using. It doesn't matter if you had the same name in WarBirds, FA, AW, or whatever. In November 2000, Ammo and I decided it would be cool to form an all jug squad named after the 56th FG of WW2 which we both admired a lot. But the squad already existed in Aces High, formed from WarBirds 56th FG members. So the choice was to form a different squad name, or join with the existing squad. Not once did we consider forming up a 56th FG of our own. We talked to Daff who was then CO of the 56th and he said it was okay with him if we took over, since he wasn't flying much in Aces High anyways. We gained 3 experienced squaddies and friends out of the deal: Daff, Snorkey, and Crapgame.
I would hope if someone out there liked flying P-47s and wanted to fly with a squad that emulates the historic 56th FG, that they would consider joining our squad and not start their own. But the fact is I don't have any control over what another squad chooses to call itself. This is a GAME and I prefer not to produce too much excess stomach acid thinking about this issue.

In our case, this has become really a non-issue. There is only
one 56th FG
squad in Aces High. Sure, there's two other one pilot squads with "56th FG" in their names, but these are individuals who don't get much P-47 stick time. I don't how anyone could confuse them with us. I have talked to 56chef and Gabreski of the two other squads and said we would welcome them if they wanted to join with our squad. Neither chose to take me up on this, although the offer remains open. In the mean time I'm sure my squaddies will enjoy hunting them down.
