8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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43-7181
P-51 Mustang
Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) on Ramrod to Eschwede, Shot down by enemy fighter Hoher-Meissner, Germany. Pilot Lt Charles Anderson Killed in Action KIA. 19-Apr-44. MACR 4129.
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4th Fighter Group
Group
Some of the pilots of the 4th Fighter Group had seen many hours of combat by the time they joined the 4th Fighter Group as they had volunteered with the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal Air Force. The three 'Eagle Squadrons' of RAF Fighter... -
335th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
The 335th Fighter Squadron was the offspring of No. 121 (Eagle) Squadron RAF. Formed on 21 May 1941, No. 121 was the second of the three Eagle Squadrons composed of American volunteers flying out of England. They were known as the "Chiefs" and were...
People
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Charles Anderson
Military | Captain | Fighter Pilot
Charles Anderson was from Gary, Indiana. ...
Places
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Debden
Military site : airfield
RAF Debden, construction of which began in 1935, is perhaps most famous as a Battle of Britain fighter airfield, partly responsible for the defence of London in 1940. In 1942 it was also home to three RAF 'Eagle Squadrons’ of volunteer American pilots...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Crashed | Hoher Meissner, 37235 Hessisch Lichtenau, Germany | 19 April 1944 – 19 April 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) on Ramrod to Eschwede, Shot down by enemy fighter Hoher-Meissner, Germany. Pilot Lt Charles Anderson Killed in Action KIA. MACR 4129. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 01 May 2016 06:48:52 | Al_Skiff | Changes to nicknames |
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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=43-7181 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 01 May 2016 06:45:49 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, markings, description, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=43-7181 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:41:41 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 4129 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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