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 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Wilhelmshaven 3-Feb-44 out of fuel, ditched 40 miles off Felixstowe. Pilot 2Lt Lloyd M Langdon KIA. MACR 2119.
Service
Units
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56th Fighter Group
Group
Flying P-47 Thunderbolts throughout their time stationed in England, the Group, known as "the Wolfpack", had more ace pilots than any other Eighth Air Force Fighter Group. The 56th Fighter Group also destroyed more enemy aircraft in air combat than any... -
63rd Fighter Squadron
Squadron
People
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Sylvester Burke
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Fighter pilot | 56th Fighter Group
Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 3 x kills. Squadron commander 63FS. Transferred to HQ Sqn, VIII fighter command. Awards: DFC(3OLC), AM(3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME. Post war: Remained in USAF rising to Lt Colonel. -
Lloyd Langdon
Military | Fighter Pilot, Pilot | 56th Fighter Group
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Philip Tukey
Military | Colonel | Group Commander | 356th Fighter Group
Philip Tukey served as a pilot with the 56th Fighter Group. ...
Places
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Boxted
Military site : airfield
Boxted was built for heavy bombers and became operational from May 1943. In the few months B-26 Marauders of the 386th Bomb Group were stationed there, there were two night attacks by the Luftwaffe. On 17 August 1943, one man was killed when bombs...
Events
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| Manufactured | Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA | 1943 |
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Built at Republic. |
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| Delivered | LaGuardia Airport (LGA), Queens, NY 11371, USA | 1943 |
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Delivered to USAAF. |
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| Assigned | Boxted, Colchester, UK | 1943 |
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Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Crashed | North Sea 40 miles off Felixstowe, UK | 3 February 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Wilhelmshaven 3-Feb-44 out of fuel, ditched 40 miles off Felixstowe. Pilot 2Lt Lloyd M Langdon KIA. MACR 2119. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 07 August 2017 17:27:11 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, markings, description, events, unit associations, person associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28598427 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:41:07 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 2119 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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