IX Air Force Troop Carrier Command
Command
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FRE 3360
A formation of C-47 Skytrains of the 440th Troop Carrier Group fly over Exeter. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Exeter: troops on parade.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
---|---|---|
Established |
Cottesmore | 16 October 1943 |
Based |
St Vincents | 1 December 1943 |
Based |
Ascot | 20 September 1944 |
Encompassing
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Maintenance
- Unit Hierarchy: Company
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Medical Unit
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: IX Air Force Troop Carrier Command
- Service Numbers: O-1821169
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Surgeon
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: IX Air Force Troop Carrier Command
- Service Numbers: 17098857
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: IX Air Force Troop Carrier Command
- Service Numbers: O-309751
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: IX Air Force Troop Carrier Command
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: IX Air Force Troop Carrier Command
- Highest Rank: Major
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Unit: IX Air Force Troop Carrier Command 61st Troop Carrier Group
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / 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)