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44-11196

Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 20th Fighter Group, approved 26 November 1942

20th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

352nd Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

The lounge of the Officers Club at Raydon air base. When the 353rd Fighter Group were stationed there, it was known as "The Auger Inn".

353rd Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Pilots of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, stand around a map at Kings Cliffe air base before mission over northern France, October 1943. L to R: First Lieutenant Merle B. Nichols, Seattle, Wash.; Major Nathaniel H. Blanton, Earlsboro, Oklahoma and First Lieutenant Richard P. Gatterdam, Columbus, Ohio. Censor has drawn lines across the map. Each of these pilots went on to command one of the squadrons of the 20th Fighter Group. Gatterdam commanded the 55th Fighter Squadron, Nichols the 77th a

55th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

People

John Kenan Brown

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 18036511 / O-670345
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Harold R Lammie

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-824658
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant

Places

The lounge of the Officers Club at Raydon air base. When the 353rd Fighter Group were stationed there, it was known as "The Auger Inn".

Raydon

Site type: Airfield

A P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-A, serial number 42-8699) nicknamed "Prairie Farme (Spirit of Los Angeles City College)" of the 352nd Fighter Group prpepares for take off at Wittering. Written on slide casing: 'PZ-A 28699 Cpt Andrews at Wittering.'

Wittering

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Manufactured	Dallas, Texas, USA		Built at North American.
Delivered	Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, USA		Delivered to USAAF.
Assigned	Wittering, Peterborough PE8, UK		Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF.
Assigned	Raydon, Ipswich IP7, UK		Transferred to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date7 Jul 2017 12:56:03

ContributorAl_Skiff

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