Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (VIII Fighter Command)

Squadron

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Bovingdon

Encompassing

People

Carl R Christiansen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: VIII Fighter Command 364th Fighter Group 385th Fighter Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (VIII Fighter Command)
  • Service Numbers: 20922958 / O-868496
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Frank Christopher Clark

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: VIII Fighter Command 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron 84th Fighter Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (VIII Fighter Command)
  • Service Numbers: 18042660 / O-431120
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot; Squadron Commanding Officer
Captain James Cooper of the 78th Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt.

James M Cooper

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Squadron 83rd Fighter Squadron 84th Fighter Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (78th Fighter Group) Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (VIII Fighter Command)
  • Service Numbers: O-421054
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Earl Duncan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron 487th Fighter Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (VIII Fighter Command)
  • Service Numbers: O-428480
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Robert Earl Eby

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (78th Fighter Group) Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (VIII Fighter Command)
  • Service Numbers: O-429925
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

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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)