8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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44-11197
P-51 Mustang
Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Madgeburg Area. Lost 25-Feb-45 - Lt Raymond H Soleau details unknown, contacted control but did not pass details of problem. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 12742.
Service
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20th Fighter Group
Group
In August 1943, the 20th Fighter Group arrived in Clyde, Scotland, before travelling to Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire, which was to be their base for the rest of the war. The Group flew 312 missions before their last mission on 25 April 1945. The... -
55th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
People
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John Brown
Military | Captain | Fighter Pilot-1055 single engine | 20th Fighter Group
Flight leader 55th FS 20th FG Sept. 1944 - June 1945. 311 combat hours. 3 air kills (2 x FW-190 + 1 ME-262) and 1/2 ME-262 damaged. P-51D s/n 44-11196 KI+G -
Raymond Soleau
Military | Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot, Pilot | 20th Fighter Group
Killed in Action (KIA) crashed in P-51 #44-11197 AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster
Places
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Wittering
Military site : airfield
Wittering, now in Cambridgeshire, began as RFC Stamford in 1916. By the end of the First World War, it had been renamed RAF Wittering, and was used by both British and American aircraft. It had six hangars, fifteen aircraft sheds and many other...
Events
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| Manufactured | Dallas, Texas, USA | 1944 |
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Built at North American. |
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| Delivered | Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, USA | 1944 |
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Delivered to USAAF. |
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| Assigned | Wittering, Peterborough PE8, UK | 1944 |
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Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| E/A Destroyed [2] | Perleberg, Germany | 14 January 1945 |
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Destroyed 2 x Fw190's pilot Lt John K Brown. 14-Jan-1945. Perleberg Germany. |
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| Crashed | Magdeburg, Germany | 25 February 1945 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Madgeburg Area. Lost 25-Feb-45 - Lt Raymond H Soleau details unknown, contacted control but did not pass details of problem. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 12742. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 07 July 2017 12:41:14 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, markings, description, events, unit associations, person associations and place associations |
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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=44-11197&Submit=S... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:41:42 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 12742 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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