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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Capt Herschel Parsons of St Charles, VA. Mount Farm Base, 7th PRG, 1st July 1943. Lightning F-5 42-12778 'Dim View' behind.
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Hershell Parsons
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot
ETO Ribbon, Air Medal w/2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Distinguished Flying Cross
Aircraft
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42-12778 Dim View
F-5 Lightning
Failed to Return (FTR). Lockheed F-5A-3 Lightning 42-12778 31st PRS, 10th PRG, 9th AF . 7th May 1944. Belgium. Pilot Fred Kay Hayes. KIA. MACR 5534.
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Mount Farm
Military site : airfield
Originally a grass airfield satellite for the RAF Photographic Reconnaissance Unit at nearby RAF Benson, Mount Farm was built in 1940-1941. It had three concrete runways, 49 dispersals (24 concrete pan type plus 25 PSP squares), and eight blister...
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| 24 June 2015 17:45:32 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with caption, unit associations, person associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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