1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
Flight
Mighty Eighth War Manual (Roger A Freeman. 1984, 2001)
Object Number - FRE 576 - Vultee A-35B Vengeance 41-31367, a tow-target tug with the 1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: 1 G&TTFLT, 131367 A.'
Activated on 1 February 1943 as 1st Provisional Gunnery Flight at Atcham as part of VIII Fighter Command's fighter training establishment.
Redesignated 2025th Gunner Flight on 24 February 1943 with a strength of 5 Officers and 34 Enlisted men. The unit was moved to Llanbedr in March 1943 and was a lodger with the RAF.
On 26 August 1943 the unit was redesginated as 1st Gunnery and Tow Target Flight, it was assigned to VIII Composite Command on 14 February 1944.
The unit was reassigned to VIII Fighter Command on 29 September 1944, and then on 19 November 1944 assigned to the 65th Fighter Wing.
Disbanded in May 1945.
Commanding Officers
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron 1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
- Service Numbers: O-399681
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot / Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
- Service Numbers: O-390284
- Highest Rank: Captain
Connections
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
|
Based |
Atcham | 1 February 1943 - 3 March 1943 |
|
Based |
Llanbedr | 3 March 1943 - 6 July 1943 |
|
Based |
Warton | 6 July 1943 - 14 December 1943 |
|
Based |
Templeton | 14 December 1943 - 8 May 1944 |
|
Based |
Atcham | 8 May 1944 - 10 May 1944 |
|
Based |
Sutton Bridge | 10 May 1944 - 21 November 1944 |
|
Based |
Little Walden | 21 November 1944 - 10 January 1945 |
|
Based |
Halesworth | 10 January 1945 |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron 1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron 1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
- Service Numbers: O-399681
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot / Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron 1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
- Service Numbers: 36688383
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Lysander
- Unit: 2031st Gunnery Flight 333rd Service Group 1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
- Aircraft Type: Lysander
- Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: 333rd Service Group 52nd Fighter Group 332nd Service Squadron 1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
Revisions
Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)