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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42-25552
P-47 Thunderbolt
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P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft of the 83rd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group at Duxford. The middle aircraft is 43-25528 HL-H 'Noamie Vee' while the nearest aircraft is probably 42-28518 HL-C "Green Hornet flown by Capt Robert T Green.
Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 393FS, 367FG, 9AF USAAF.
Service
Units
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367th Fighter Group
Group
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78th Fighter Group
Group
The 78th Fighter Group was initially based at Goxhill but moved to Duxford in April 1943 and stayed there until October 1945. The 78th FG flew each of the three US built principal fighters of the AAF in the ETO. In their Thundetbolts, the 78th FG ... -
393rd Fighter Squadron
Squadron
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83rd Fighter Squadron
Squadron
People
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Kenneth Allstaedt
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot
Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to Transferred to HQ Sqn. -
Robert Mullins
Military | Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot, Pilot | 78th Fighter Group
Killed in Action (KIA) crashed near Dreux in P-47 #4226536 -
Richard Oxley
Military | Flight Officer
Missions
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8th Air Force Field Order 371
6 June 1944
D-Day. Start of Operation Overlord. -
8th Air Force Field Order 372
6 June 1944
D-Day. Start of Operation Overlord.
Places
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Duxford
Military site : airfield
RAF Duxford, now a museum and still a working airfield, was operated by the USAAF from 1943 to 1945. The base was briefly the home of the 350th Fighter Group in late 1942, but it was not until April 1943 that it became a fully American station when the... -
Stoney Cross
Military site : airfield
Planned as a secret, emergency airfield, Stoney Cross was developed during 1942-43 as an advance base for both fighters and bombers. Occupied by the RAF from January 1943, before construction was complete, the station had eventually three concrete...
Events
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| Manufactured | Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA | 1944 |
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Built by Republic. |
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| Delivered | New York, NY, USA | 1944 |
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Delivered to USAAF. |
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| Assigned | Duxford, Cambridge CB22, UK | 1944 |
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Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Transferred | Stoney Cross, Derby DE21 7NS, UK | 1945 |
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Transferred to 393FS, 367FG, 9AF USAAF. |
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| Crashed | 54800 Jarny, France | 5 April 1945 |
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Landing Accident Jarny/A-94 France Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Roy L Mount Jr, 5-Apr-45. 393FS 367FG 9AF. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 07 July 2016 21:29:25 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, markings, description, events, unit associations, person associations and place associations |
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