47th Bomb Group
Group
Constituted as 47th Bombardment Group (Light) on 20 November 1940, and activated on 15 January 1941. Operational squadrons of the group were:
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Command Staff of the 47th Bomb Group at Souk-el-Arba, Tunisia
Top Row L to R: William J. Hanna (Group Ops Officer), Robert V. DeShazo (Group Exec Officer), Malcom Green (future Group C.O.), Frederick Terrell (Group Commander(
Bottom Row L to R: Reginald Clizbe (85th BS C.O.), Richard Horner (86th BS C.O.), Marion Akers (97th BS C.O.)
Connections
Units
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86th Fighter Group
Group
The Group was constituted as 86th Bombardment Group (Light) on 13-Jan 1942, and activated on 10 Feb 1942. It was redesignated 86th Bombardment Group (Dive) in Sep 1942, 86th Fighter-Bomber Group in Aug 1943, and 86th Fighter Group in May 1944. ... -
85th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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84th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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97th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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(Headquarters) 47th Bomb Group
Headquarters
People
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Marion Akers
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot - Squadron Commander
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Reginald Clizbe
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot - Squadron Commander
Major General Reginald James Clizbe is commander of the U.S. Air Force Southern Command, at Albrook Air Force Base, Canal Zone. USAFSO is the U.S. Air Force representative for plans and operations throughout Latin America and is the air component of... -
Robert DeShazo
Military | Colonel | Pilot
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Malcolm Green
Military | Colonel | Pilot - Group Commander
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Walter Hanna
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot - Group Operations Officer
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Richard Horner
Military | Major | Pilot - Squadron Commander
Richard E. Horner (1917- ) was associated with aerospace activities throughout his career. He served as a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, and was director of flight test engineering at Wright Field, Ohio (1944-1945 and 1947-1949)... -
Frederick Terrell
Military | Colonel | Group Commander - Pilot
Major General Frederick Reynolds Terrell was born in Booneville, Mo., in 1913. He graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1931, and after achieving the third highest score in the nation on the entrance exams was given a Presidential appointment to...
Locations
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Souk-el-Arba Airfield
Military site : airfield
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 05 February 2021 17:34:42 | 466thHistorian | Created entry with caption, unit associations, person associations and place associations |
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