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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Raymond Presley Bain
Military
Assigned to 555FTS, 496FTG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 355FS, 354FG, 9AF USAAF. 80 missions. Failed to Return fighter sweep to Schifferstadt hit by return fire and shot down in P-51D 44-63193 21-Feb-45. Baled out POW. MACR 12599.
Service
Units served with
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354th Fighter Group
Group
The Group moved to England in the autumn of 1943 and was assigned to the Ninth Air Force in December 1943. The Group were the first to fly P-51 Mustangs operationally and in their bomber escort missions pushed to find the long-range limits of the... -
496th Fighter Training Group
Group
Activated as 496th Fighter Training Group on 11 December 1943 at Greencastle by VIII Composite Command. ... -
355th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
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555th Fighter Training Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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44-63193 'Scatterbain'
P-51 Mustang
Assigned to 355FS, 354FG, 9AF USAAF. Departed Rosieres, Failed to Return fighter sweep to Schifferstadt hit by return fire and shot down 21-Feb-45. Pilot Capt Raymond P Bain Baled out POW. MACR 12599. -
42-29247 'Scatterbain'
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 355FS, 354FG, 9AF USAAF. Personal aircraft of Capt Raymond P Bain. Depiction: - http://www.354thpmfg.com/aircraft_unitmarkings.html
Associated Place
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Goxhill
Military site : airfield
Goxhill opened in June 1941 as an RAF Bomber Command airfield, before being handed over to RAF Fighter Command in December. The Eighth Air Force took ownership in August 1942, and used the airfield, which they quickly dubbed 'Goat Hill' for operational... -
Lashenden
Military site : airfield
Close to but completely separate from RAF Headcorn, Lashenden was built for the RAF during 1942-43 as an Advanced Landing Ground (ALG), initially as a light bomber base and then as a training base for mobile fighter squadrons. Enlarged and improved for...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Indiana, USA | 28 October 1920 |
| Lived in | North Riverside, IL, USA | 1941 |
| Enlisted | Lafayette, IN, USA | 14 September 1942 |
| Based | Goxhill | 16 July 1944 – September 1944 |
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Assigned to 555FTS, 496FTG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Based | September 1944 – 21 February 1945 | |
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Transferred to 355FS, 354FG, 9AF USAAF. |
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| Shot down | 67105 Schifferstadt, Germany | 21 February 1945 |
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Failed to Return fighter sweep to Schifferstadt hit by return fire and shot down in P-51D 44-63193 21-Feb-45. Baled out POW. MACR 12599. |
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| Prisoner of War (POW) | Barth, Germany | 21 February 1945 – May 1945 |
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Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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| Buried | Norristown, PA, USA | January 2013 |
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Saint Patricks Roman Catholic Cemetery |
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| Died | Lafayette Hill, PA, USA | 11 January 2013 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 28 August 2016 11:00:20 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28828630 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:22:13 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list |
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