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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42-106448
P-51 Mustang
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A P-51 Mustang (WR-Z, serial number 42-106448) nicknamed "The Hun Hunter ~ Texas" of the 354th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group taxiying at Steeple Morden.
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Captain Henry W "Baby" Brown and Lieutenant-Colonel Claiborn H "Zoot" Kinnard Jr of the 355th Fighter Group with Brown's P-51 Mustang (WR-Z, serial number 42-106448) nicknamed "The Hun Hunter ~ Texas". Image stamped and signed on reverse to pass base censorship. First handwritten caption on reverse: 'HW Brown (Left) & unknown commander 355 FG.' Second handwritten caption on reverse, in different script, refers to the "unknown commander": 'He is Lt Col Kinnard.'
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A P-51 Mustang (WR-Z, serial number 42-106448) nicknamed "The Hun Hunter ~ Texas" of the 354th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Brewer. '
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Capt Henry W Brown. 354th Fighter Squadron. P-51B 42-106448 WR-Z "The Hun Hunter / Texas".
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Captain Henry W "Baby" Brown of the 355th Fighter Group with P-51B Mustang WR-Z, 42-106448 "The Hun Hunter / Texas".
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P-51B "Hun Hunter Texas" Henry W Brown 355th FG , 354th FS
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Capt Henry W Brown on the wing root of P-51B 42-106448 WR-Z 'Hun Hunter~Texas'.
Assigned to 354FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred War Weary to 555FTS, 496FTG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred War Weary to 1st Scouting Force. Destroyed in Mid Air Collision with RAF Stirling Nr Sandy, pilot Lt Thomas W Kiley Killed in Training Accident KITA, 14-Feb-45.
Service
Units
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355th Fighter Group
Group
Where the 353rd Fighter Group had pioneered ground strafing techniques, it was the 355th Fighter Group who destroyed more enemy aircraft by ground strafing than any other Eighth Air Force Group. Based at Steeple Morden from July 1943 to July 1945, the... -
496th Fighter Training Group
Group
Activated as 496th Fighter Training Group on 11 December 1943 at Greencastle by VIII Composite Command. ... -
1st Scouting Force
Squadron
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354th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
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555th Fighter Training Squadron
Squadron
People
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Henry Brown
Military | Colonel | Fighter pilot | 355th Fighter Group
Henry W Brown was the highest scoring Ace of the 355th Fighter Group and its second most decorated pilot. He joined the 355th in November 1943 and became an Ace in April 1944, during a mission where he claimed three aerial victories and saved two... -
Thomas Kiley
Military | Flight Officer | 364th Fighter Group
Places
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Goxhill
Military site : airfield
Goxhill opened in June 1941 as an RAF Bomber Command airfield, before being handed over to RAF Fighter Command in December. The Eighth Air Force took ownership in August 1942, and used the airfield, which they quickly dubbed 'Goat Hill' for operational... -
Honington
Military site : airfield
Honington was in use by Eighth Air Force units for a longer period than any other air base in England. The air base, built in the mid 1930s as part of the RAF's expansion programme had seen plenty of action as an RAF base before it was handed over to... -
Steeple Morden
Military site : airfield
Originally used from 1940 as a small, grass airfield, satellite for nearby RAF Bassingbourn, Steeple Morden was allocated to the Eighth Air Force in August 1942 as a potential bomber base. It was used briefly by the 3rd Photographic Group during the...
Events
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| Manufactured | Inglewood, CA, USA | 1943 |
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Built at North American Aviation. |
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| Delivered | California, USA | 1943 |
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Delivered to USAAF. |
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| Assigned | Steeple Morden, Royston, Cambridgeshire SG8, UK | 1943 |
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Assigned to 354FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Transferred | Goxhill, Barrow-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire DN19, UK | 1944 |
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Transferred to 555FTS, 496FTG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Crashed | Goxhill, Barrow-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire DN19, UK | 15 September 1944 |
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Landing Accident Goxhill/Sta 345 Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt William F Kissel, 15-Sep-44. 555FTS 496FTG 8AF. |
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| Transferred | Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP31, UK | 1945 |
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Transferred War Weary to 1st Scouting Force. |
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| Crashed | Sandy, Sandy, Central Bedfordshire SG19, UK | 14 February 1945 |
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Mid Air Collision with RAF Stirling Nr Sandy Cat 4 damage, pilot Lt Thomas W Kiley KITA, 14-Feb-45. 383FS 364FG 8AF. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 20 June 2016 18:33:06 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, description, events and media associations |
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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=106448&Submit=Search |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 20 June 2016 18:12:13 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, markings, description, events, unit associations, person associations and place associations |
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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=106448&Submit=Search |
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