VIII Air Force Service Command
Command
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Squadron
Command
Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Abbots Ripton |
Military | Captain | Fighter pilot | 20th Fighter Group
Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 10th Mobile Reclamation and Repair Squadron. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: DFC, AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Flight Officer | Fighter Pilot | 20th Fighter Group
AM w/ 5 Oak Leaf Cluster, DFC
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 20th Fighter Group
AM w/ 5 Oak Leaf Cluster, DFC
1/2 Me109, 1 FW190, 1 Me410
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 20th Fighter Group
AM w/ 5 Oak Leaf Cluster, DFC
1/2 Me109, 1 FW190
None
Date | Contributor | Update |
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27 September 2014 18:42:47 | AAM | AAM ingest |
Sources | ||
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) |