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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P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 393FS, 367FG, 9AF USAAF.
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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Group
367TH FIGHTER GROUP
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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 ...
Squadron
Squadron
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot
Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.
Transferred to Transferred to HQ Sqn.
Military | Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot, Pilot | 78th Fighter Group
Killed in Action (KIA) crashed near Dreux in P-47 #4226536
Military | Flight Officer
6 June 1944
D-Day. Start of Operation Overlord.
6 June 1944
D-Day. Start of Operation Overlord.
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...
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...
Event | Location | Date |
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Manufactured | Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA | 1944 |
Built by Republic. |
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Delivered | New York, NY, USA | 1944 |
Delivered to USAAF. |
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Assigned | Duxford, Cambridge CB22, UK | 1944 |
Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Transferred | Stoney Cross, Derby DE21 7NS, UK | 1945 |
Transferred to 393FS, 367FG, 9AF USAAF. |
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Crashed | 54800 Jarny, France | 5 April 1945 |
Landing Accident Jarny/A-94 France Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Roy L Mount Jr, 5-Apr-45. 393FS 367FG 9AF. |
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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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=42-25552 |