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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P-51 Mustang
Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) fighter bomber mission to Chaumont, after strafing ground targets A/C lost oil pressure and was abandoned, crashed near Epioux on 10-Aug-44. Pilot Lt Lee Anderson Evaded (EVD) MACR 7764.
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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Lee Anderson
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 20th Fighter Group
Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) fighter bomber mission to Chaumont, after strafing ground targets, A/C had oil failure, crashed near Epioux on 10-Aug-44 in P-51D 44-13679. Evaded (EVD). MACR 7764. Completed (End) Tour of Duty ...
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
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Manufactured | Inglewood, CA, USA | 1944 |
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Built at North American Aviation. |
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| Delivered | California, 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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| Crashed | 6821 Epioux, Belgium | 10 August 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) fighter bomber mission to Chaumont, after strafing ground targets A/C lost oil pressure and was abandoned, crashed near Epioux on 10-Aug-44. Pilot Lt Lee Anderson Evaded (EVD) MACR 7764. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 18 July 2016 09:53:37 | Al_Skiff | Changes to description and events |
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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=44-13679&Submit=S... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 17 July 2016 19:40:36 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, description, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=44-13679&Submit=S... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:41:43 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 7764 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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