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Airfield

2nd Fighter Squadron of the 52nd Fighter Group, and the 97th Fighter Squadron of the 82nd Fighter Group were lodgers here in 1942.

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An airman of the 82nd Fighter Group, 12th Air Force with his P-38 Lightning nicknamed "Chicken Dit".

Gerald L Rounds

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 82nd Fighter Group 97th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16026965 on enlisting
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

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Sources

Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / David J. Smith, Action Stations 7: Military Airfields of Scotland, the North-east and Northern Ireland (Cambridge, 1989)