American Air Museum in Britain

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...

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  385th Fighter Squadron

  Squadron

People

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  Gerald Fine

  Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot
  Flew mostly escort missions covering B-17s and B-24s. Flew 64 missions, 365 combat hours.

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  Jasper Hargrove

  Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot
  Wing man, Flight Leader, 56 Combat Missions, 258 Hours Operational Time: Left ZI 17 August, 1944. Returned to ZI 17 Aug. , 1945 Shot down (Ground Fire) 16 April, 1945 ...

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  Stanley Houck

  Military | Second Lieutenant

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  Arthur McCormick

  Military | Captain | Pilot
  68 missions from August 1944 to end of war in Europe DFC/ Air Medal w/ 11 Oak Leaf Cluster/ Croix de Guerre 10 1/2 victories

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  Eugene Murphy

  Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot
  Assigned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Detached Service 1st Scouting Force. Transferred to 380FS, 363FG, 9AF USAAF. Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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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...