66th Fighter Wing
Wing
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FRE 5623
Brigadier General Woodbury, Commanding Officer of the 66th Fighter Wing, talks to senior officers. The 78th Fighter Group was a component of the wing. To the right of the photograph, is the General’s car. The red backing for the white star denotes the rank of the car’s occupant . Handwritten on slide:"Gen Woodbury parade gnd Mason Barnard"
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Commanding Officers
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (353rd Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: O-398671
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer of 353rd
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 3rd Air Division 66th Fighter Wing Headquarters (66th Fighter Wing)
- Service Numbers: O-17421
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Role/Job: Fighter Wing Commander; Commanding General
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
---|---|---|
Based |
Duxford | 3 June 1943 |
Based |
Sawston Hall | 20 August 1943 |
Based |
Troston | 25 October 1945 - 21 November 1945 |
Encompassing
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 66th Fighter Wing 357th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2064075
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 66th Fighter Wing 2027th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
- Service Numbers: 39692486
- Highest Rank: Private
- Role/Job: Firefighter
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 66th Fighter Wing 2027th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
- Service Numbers: 32782581
- Highest Rank: Private
- Role/Job: Firefighter
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 66th Fighter Wing 2027th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
- Service Numbers: 34709633
- Highest Rank: Private
- Role/Job: Firefighter
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 66th Fighter Wing 2027th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
- Service Numbers: 32734346
- Highest Rank: Private
- Role/Job: Fire Fighter
Aircraft
Related media
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: Unit histories
- Object Number: Document 51264
- Description: 66th Fighter Wing unit history, complete copy. Many of the 8th Air Force Groups produced an unofficial unit history in the months after the war ended...
Revisions
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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)