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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Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 2 x kills.
Transferred to 495FTG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korean Medal.
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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Group
The 495th Fighter Training Group, which operated in England from December 1943, trained P-47 Thunderbolt pilots. These pilots, who had received the basic training in the USA would be assigned to a training group to practise ETO operational procedures...
Group
Flying P-47 Thunderbolts throughout their time stationed in England, the Group, known as "the Wolfpack", had more ace pilots than any other Eighth Air Force Fighter Group. The 56th Fighter Group also destroyed more enemy aircraft in air combat than any...
Squadron
P-47 Thunderbolt
Military site : airfield
Atcham, at some remove from other American Air Force bases in Shropshire, was used by USAAF to train pilots from June 1942, several months before the American Eagle Squadrons were combined to form the 4th Fighter Group. Pilots here were mainly trained...
Military site : airfield
Boxted was built for heavy bombers and became operational from May 1943. In the few months B-26 Marauders of the 386th Bomb Group were stationed there, there were two night attacks by the Luftwaffe. On 17 August 1943, one man was killed when bombs...
Military site : airfield
Halesworth was constructed in 1942-1943. Initially planned as a bomber airfield, its location close to the Suffolk coast meant that it was in an ideal position to operate escort fighters, where range was a critical factor. Consequently, the 56th...
Military site : airfield
Horsham St Faith was an RAF Bomber Command Station opened in June 1940. It was home to Bristol Blenheim medium-bombers, and was for a time occupied by fighters, including those of No. 19 Squadron and No. 264 Squadron. From September 1942 the airfield...
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Ohio, USA | 10 July 1923 |
Lived in | Akron, OH, USA | 1941 |
Based | Horsham St Faith | 15 September 1943 – 28 May 1944 |
Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Crashed | Doddington, UK | 13 October 1943 |
Crash-landed 13-Oct-43 - Lt Anthony S Cavallo P-47 42-8465. Bozeat or Doddington RTD. |
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Promotion | Horsham St Faith, Norwich, UK | 20 December 1943 |
Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. |
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Promotion | Boxted, Colchester, UK | 23 February 1944 |
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Based | Atcham | 28 May 1944 |
Transferred to 495FTG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried | San Diego, CA, USA | May 1991 |
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery |
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Died | San Diego, CA, USA | 12 May 1991 |
Enlisted |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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15 December 2017 14:59:31 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to biography |
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Merged with duplicate entries to include details from: |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
14 December 2017 21:11:36 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, suffix, service number, highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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http://littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=cavallo&Submit=Search |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:03:51 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list |