31st Transport Group

Group
A C-47 Skytrain of the 31st Air Transport Group at Cambrai. Image via Harold. Written on slide casing: 'C47, 31 ATG, A-74, Cambrai, 10/4/45.' media-396227.jpg FRE 7053 A C-47 Skytrain of the 31st Air Transport Group at Cambrai. Image via Harold. Written on slide casing: 'C47, 31 ATG, A-74, Cambrai, 10/4/45.' Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 7053 - A C-47 Skytrain of the 31st Air Transport Group at Cambrai. Image via Harold. Written on slide casing: 'C47, 31 ATG, A-74, Cambrai, 10/4/45.'

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

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Grove

Encompassing

People

Herman Adolfae

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 31st Transport Group
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant

James R Carroll

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 31st Transport Group 313th Air Transport Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33190258
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Clyde A DePuy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 31st Transport Group 87th Air Transport Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-887751
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Addison W Fain

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 31st Transport Group 326th Ferry Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38179845
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Robert C Fife

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 31st Transport Group
  • Service Numbers: O-693024
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant

Aircraft

42-93508

  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Unit: 31st Transport Group 325th Ferry Squadron

43-9495

  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 31st Transport Group Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (9th Air Force)

AB199

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Nicknames: Mespotamia
  • Unit: 31st Transport Group No 71 'Eagle' Squadron

AB976

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: 31st Transport Group 67th Observation Group 107th Reconnaissance Squadron

EN834

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: 31st Transport Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron

Revisions

Date
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Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:-
- 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);

Updates and amendments to associations from:
- www.ddaymuseum.co.uk/documents/US-units-June-44.doc
List supplied courtesy of Mr Phil Grinton from California, February 2004. From the website of the D-Day Museum, Portsmouth (www.ddaymuseum.co.uk).

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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A C-47 Skytrain of the 31st Air Transport Group at Cambrai. Image via Harold. Written on slide casing: 'C47, 31 ATG, A-74, Cambrai, 10/4/45.'

Object number: FRE 7053 - A C-47 Skytrain of the 31st Air Transport Group at...