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Kingsnorth was used as an RAF Advanced Landing Ground in 1943, with temporary runways and buildings. It was then used by the Ninth Air Force as an Advanced Landing Ground 1944, and was in 1944 home briefly to the 36th Fighter Group.
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The Group, as the 36th Pursuit Group, were part of the defence force for the Caribbean area and the Panama Canal in 1941, flying P-39s and P-40s out of Puerto Rico. By May 1944 the 36th Fighter Group were flying their first missions out of England...
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Fighter pilot | 36th Fighter Group
Assigned to 53FS, 36FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to Wahn, Germany as the flight was rolling in to the attack they were set upon by Fw190's, jettisoning their bombs he was shot down and crashed near Wahn. MACR 11446.
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 36th Fighter Group
Lt. Davis and his wing man, 2Lt. Harry J. Vibbert, Jr, departed their airfield at Bruchelle, France on an armed reconnaissance mission in the area of Argentan. At about 15:30 on August 13, 1944, they were flying at about 50 feet above ground strafing...
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter pilot | 36th Fighter Group
Assigned to 53FS, 36FG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter pilot | 36th Fighter Group
23 MAR 2018 - Funeral Announcement For Airman Killed During World War II
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Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter pilot | 36th Fighter Group
Assigned to 22FS, 36FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Bonn, Germany last seen chasing a Me109 NW of Bonn. Presumed battle casualty. POW (POW). 23-Dec-1944. MACR 11443.
Awards: PH.
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred 53FS, 36FG, 9AF USAAF.
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 22FS, 36FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Bonn, Germany last seen chasing a Me109 NW of Bonn. Pilot 1Lt Paul O Rolland presumed battle casualty. POW (POW). 23-Dec-1944. MACR 11443.
P-47 Thunderbolt
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 53FS, 36FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to Wahn, Germany as the flight was rolling in to the attack they were set upon by Fw190's, jettisoning their bombs pilot 2Lt Robert S...
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 53FS, 36FG, 9AF USAAF.
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 53FS, 36FG, 9AF USAAF.
Assigned to Lt. Cecil Manning 4FG 335 FS September 1943 per his logbook.
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred 22FS, 36FG, 9AF USAAF.
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 53FS, 36FG, 9AF USAAF. Written off in Landing accident Kingnorth/Sta 418 6-Jun-44.
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 368FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 22FS, 36FG, 9AF USAAF.
Date | Contributor | Update |
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27 September 2014 18:02:17 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Chris Ashworth, Action Stations 9: Military Airfields of the Central South and South-east (Cambridge, 1985) |