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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44-73045
P-51 Mustang
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Major Ernest E Bankey of the 364th Fighter Group, 67th Fighter Wing, poses on the wing of his North American P-51 'Lucky Lady VII' P-51D 44-73045, coded 5E-B at an 8th air force base in England. 23 March 1945. NARA Ref 342-FH-3A12352-71777AC
Assigned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF. Personal aircraft of Major Ernest E Bankey Jr.
Service
Units
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364th Fighter Group
Group
The 364th Fighter Group flew 342 missions in P-38 Lightnings and P-51 Mustangs from Honington, Suffolk. The missions ranged from escorting bombers and dive-bombing and strafing targets to area patrol missions across a swathe of land that took in France... -
385th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
People
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Ernest Bankey
Military | Colonel | Fighter Pilot | 364th Fighter Group
Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. ETD#1. Transferred to HQ Sqn, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to HQ Sqn, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. ...
Places
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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...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Manufactured | Inglewood, CA, USA | 1944 |
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Built at North American. |
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| Delivered | California, USA | 1944 |
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Delivered to USAAF. |
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| Assigned | Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31, UK | 1944 |
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Assigned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 04 September 2016 09:41:24 | Pyker | Changes to place associations |
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Corrected location from Leiston to Honington. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 04 September 2016 09:40:02 | Pyker | Changes to description |
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Corrected spelling of Barkey to Bankey. Also revised location from Leiston to Honington. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 02 September 2016 12:21:49 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number |
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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Bankey&Submit=Search |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 02 September 2016 11:04:49 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, markings, description, events, unit associations, person associations, place associations and media associations |
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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Bankey&Submit=Search |
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