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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Edwin Shepard Chickering
Military
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Maj Gen William E Kepner and members of his command. Rear L to R: Col Hubert Zemke, Lt Col Donald J M Blakeslee, Col Frank B James, Lt Col Einar A Malmstrom, Col Joe Lennard Mason, Lt Col Thomas Jonathan Jackson Christian Jr. Middle L to R: lt Col Edwin Shepard Chickering, Col James J Stone Jr, Lt Col Glenn E Duncan, Col William James Cummings Jr, Col Avelin Paul Tacon Jr, Col Barton M Russell. Seated L to R: Col Edward W Anderson, Col Murray Clark Woodbury, Maj Gen William E Kepner, Col Jesse Auton, Col Francis H Griswold. NARA Ref 342-FH-3A47576-55088AC.
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Col Edwin S. "Chick" Chickering, commander of the 367th FG with his assigned P-38L "Gung Ho" (coded H5-C) at Juvincourt airfield (A-68), France.
Assigned to HQ Sqn, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to HQ Sqn, 367FG, 9AF USAAF.,
Awards: DFC, AM (7OLC), LOM, Croix de Guerre, Bronze Star, WWII Victory, EAME, OCC, National Defense, UN and Korean medals, Air Force Longevity Service (7OLC).
Post war: Remained in USAF till retirement 1967 at rank of Brig General.
Service
Units served with
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357th Fighter Group
Group
The 357th Fighter Group was the first P-51 Mustang Group in the Eighth Air Force, training with them from November 1943 at Raydon, England and entering combat with them in the February of the following year from their new base at Leiston. The Group was... -
367th Fighter Group
Group
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Headquarters (357th Fighter Group)
Headquarters
Associated Place
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Leiston
Military site : airfield
Leiston's location only three miles from the North Sea Coast made it ideal as a Fighter Group air base whose job would be to escort bombers across the sea and over occupied Europe. The air base also witnessed the arrival of many very damaged Allied... -
Stoney Cross
Military site : airfield
Planned as a secret, emergency airfield, Stoney Cross was developed during 1942-43 as an advance base for both fighters and bombers. Occupied by the RAF from January 1943, before construction was complete, the station had eventually three concrete... -
Arlington National Cemetery
Cemetery
Events
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| Born | Oil City, PA 16301, USA | 23 September 1912 |
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Son of James and Helen Chickering. |
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| Pilot training | 555 E. Street East, JBSA Randolph, TX 78150, United States | 1943 |
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Basic flight training - Randolph AAF San Antonio, TX |
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| Pilot training | Kelly, San Antonio, TX 78227, USA | 1943 |
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Advanced flight training - Kelly AAF San Antonio, TX |
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| Based | Leiston | 7 July 1943 – 17 February 1944 |
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Assigned to HQ Sqn, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Promotion | Leiston IP16, UK | 23 July 1943 |
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Promoted to Colonel. |
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| Crashed | 15 miles Sth Lusk, WY 82225, USA | 17 October 1943 |
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Baled Out Mid Air Collision 15 Miles Sth Lusk, WY Cat 5 damage Capt Edwin S Chickering, 17-Oct-43. P-39N 42-9097 - 363FS 357FG 2AF |
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| Transferred | Stoney Cross, Lyndhurst SO43 7GN, UK | 17 February 1944 – September 1945 |
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Transferred to HQ Sqn, 367FG, 9AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Little Rock, AR, USA | 14 February 2003 |
| Buried | 24 March 2003 | |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 07 January 2018 14:08:18 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, firstname, highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations and media associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/312802048?terms=Edwin%20S%20Chickering |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:08:36 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list |
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