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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44-13891
P-51 Mustang
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Wreckage of North American P-51D 44-13891 of the 364th Fighter Group base, 67th Fighter Wing at 8th Air Force Station F-375, Honington, England. 11 October 1944. NAR Ref 342-FH-3A15508-71925AC.
Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 1st Scouting Force, 8AF USAAF.
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... -
1st Scouting Force
Squadron
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383rd Fighter Squadron
Squadron
People
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John Allen
Military | 445th Bomb Group
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Norman Box
Military | Major | Fighter pilot | 364th Fighter Group
Assigned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Detached to 1st Scouting Force. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). ...
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 | RAF Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31 1EE, UK | 1944 |
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Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Assigned | RAF Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31 1EE, UK | 1944 |
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Transferred to 1st Scouting Force, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Crashed | RAF Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31 1EE, UK | 11 October 1944 |
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Landing Accident Honington/Sta 375 Cat 3 damage Lt Norman L Box, 11-Oct-44. P-51D 44-13891 1SF 8AF. |
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Revisions
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| 25 March 2017 16:11:52 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, markings, description, events, unit associations, person associations, place associations and media associations |
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http://littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=+44-13891&Submit=Search |
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