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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V9735
Lysander
Westland Lysander V9735 Mk III assigned to 449BS, 322BG, 8AF USAAF. Ground accident as parked aircraft at Bury St Edmunds 29/5/43.
Service
Units
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322nd Bomb Group
Group
The 322nd Bombardment Squadron (Medium) was activated on 19-Jun-1942 at MacDill Field, Florida with B-26B Marauder aircraft. In late September 1942 the unit moved to Drane Field, Florida. The Ground echelon sailed for the UK aboard the Queen Elizabeth... -
449th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Places
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Andrews Field
Military site : airfield
The base was known as Great Saling when construction – by US Army engineers – began in 1942 but was renamed Andrews Field in honour of the memory of Gen. Frank M. Andrews, who was killed when the B-24 he was travelling in crash-landed in Iceland on 3...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Crashed | Bury St Edmunds, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, UK | 29 May 1943 |
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Ground accident as parked aircraft at Bury St Edmunds 29-May-43. |
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| Manufactured | Yeovil, Somerset, UK | |
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Built at Westland. |
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| Delivered | England, UK | |
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Delivered to RAF MU. |
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| Assigned | Andrewsfield Aviation Ltd, Dunmow, Essex CM6, UK | |
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Assigned to 449BS, 322BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 02 February 2016 12:48:23 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, description, events, unit associations, place associations and media associations |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?SN=V9735&Submit4=Go |
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