84th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
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FRE 273
Group shot of 84th Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, pilots at Duxford. Summer 1944. Was Harry T Lay (Pilot) in this Squadron, he was shot down July 17, 1944 . He was my first cousin. His mother Weta Rabb Lay was my Aunt. Bettye Rabb VanderVeen
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Bettye Rabb VanderVeen aavanderveen @aol.com
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Duxford |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 84th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-190473
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 1st Fighter Group 27th Fighter Squadron 84th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-728967
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
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CAPT Carl E. "Cal" Calloway, USAAF in P-51D 44-64156
I am Carl Calloway's nephew.
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15070391 / O-886182
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 84th Fighter Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (78th Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: 18050471 / O-428913
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Crew chief
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Nigger II, Roger the Lodger
- Unit: 36th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / 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)