61st Troop Carrier Group

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British Paratroopers prepare to board a C-47 Skytrain nicknamed "Virginia Ann" of the 59th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group at Chipping Ongar. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Chipping Ongar - 61 TCG.' media-408754.jpg FRE 3383 British Paratroopers prepare to board a C-47 Skytrain nicknamed "Virginia Ann" of the 59th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group at Chipping Ongar. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Chipping Ongar - 61 TCG.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 3383 - British Paratroopers prepare to board a C-47 Skytrain nicknamed "Virginia Ann" of the 59th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group at...

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Barkston Heath 18 February 1944 - 13 March 1945

Based

Abbeville 13 March 1945

Other

Assigned 12th Air Force

Other

Assigned 9th Air Force

Encompassing

People

Lewis S Frederick

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 61st Troop Carrier Group
  • Service Numbers: O-789704
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot/Squadron Commander
Black and white posed headshot of man wearing a uniform of a shirt, tie and cap. A name tag is pinned above right-side shirt pocket The man has headphones on his head with a cord dangling on the right side. Subject is looking right at lens and is not smiling

Ernest Joseph Haar

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron 859th Bomb Squadron 61st Troop Carrier Group
  • Service Numbers: 0-811070 / 32159585
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Loren Boyd Hillsinger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 61st Troop Carrier Group
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Allen Lamar Johnson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 61st Troop Carrier Group 58th Tactical Communications Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34195597
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Medical Aidman

Jack Douglas Lloyd

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 61st Troop Carrier Group 59th Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18115432
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

42-5691

  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Unit: 61st Troop Carrier Group

42-5694

  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Unit: IX Air Force Troop Carrier Command 61st Troop Carrier Group

42-7609

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lazy Lou
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron 61st Troop Carrier Group

42-77818

  • Aircraft Type: CG-4A Haig
  • Unit: 61st Troop Carrier Group

42-92773

  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Unit: 61st Troop Carrier Group

Revisions

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ContributorEmily
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Air Force Combat Units of World War II

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Place added with details from:
- "Battle Colors Volume III - Insignia and Tactical Markings of the Ninth Air Force in World War Two' by Robert A. Watkins;

Date
ContributorAAM
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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)

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