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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Norman Laverne Box
Military
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Major Norman Laverne Box 385FS, 364FG, 8AF.
Assigned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Detached to 1st Scouting Force. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korean medal.
Post war: Remained in USAF serving in Korean war and credited with 3 x Mig kills [2 x 4-Sep-52] [1 x 14-Sep-52] with 25th FIS 51FIW rising to the rank of Major.
Service
Units served with
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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... -
1st Scouting Force
Squadron
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385th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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44-13891
P-51 Mustang
Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 1st Scouting Force, 8AF USAAF.
Associated Place
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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...
Events
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| Born | Butte County, CA, USA | 6 July 1918 |
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Son of Ruben P and Anita E Box. |
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| Lived in | Hat Creek, CA 96040, USA | 1942 |
| Enlisted | San Francisco, CA, USA | 22 July 1942 |
| Based | Honington | 1944 |
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Assigned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Based | Honington | October 1944 |
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Detached [TDY] to 1st Scouting Force. |
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| Promotion | RAF Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31 1EE, UK | 2 October 1944 |
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Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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| Crashed | RAF Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31 1EE, UK | 11 October 1944 |
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Landing Accident Honington/Sta 375 Cat 3 damage Lt Norman L Box, 11-Oct-44. P-51D 44-13891 1SF 8AF. |
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| Shared destroyed | Germany | 21 November 1944 |
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Credited shared kill. 21-Nov-44. |
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| End Tour of Duty (ETD) | England, UK | 1945 |
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Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). |
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| Promotion | RAF Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31 1EE, UK | January 1945 |
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Promoted to Captain. |
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| Died | Fair Oaks, CA, USA | 31 March 1988 |
| Buried | San Francisco, CA, USA | April 1988 |
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San Francisco National Cemetery |
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