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42-26330

P-47 Thunderbolt

Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Personal aircraft of Major Robert E Eby. Re-assigned to Lt Rex C Boeckman.

Service

Units

8th Air Force

Command
78th Fighter Group

Group
The 78th Fighter Group was initially based at Goxhill but moved to Duxford in April 1943 and stayed there until October 1945. The 78th FG flew each of the three US built principal fighters of the AAF in the ETO. In their Thundetbolts, the 78th FG ...
82nd Fighter Squadron

Squadron

People

Rex Boeckman

Military | Captain | Fighter pilot
Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed Tour of Duty (ETD). Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Robert Eby

Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Fighter Pilot
Bob Eby served as a pilot with the 78th Fighter Group, flying missions out of Duxford, England. ...
Donald Swankowski

Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot
Reuben Wilkinson

Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot

Missions

8th Air Force Field Order 371

6 June 1944
D-Day. Start of Operation Overlord.
8th Air Force Field Order 372

6 June 1944
D-Day. Start of Operation Overlord.

Places

Duxford

Military site : airfield
RAF Duxford, now a museum and still a working airfield, was operated by the USAAF from 1943 to 1945. The base was briefly the home of the 350th Fighter Group in late 1942, but it was not until April 1943 that it became a fully American station when the...

Events

Event	Location	Date
Manufactured	Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA	1944
Built at Republic.
Delivered	New York, NY, USA	1944
Delivered to USAAF.
Assigned	Duxford, Cambridge CB22, UK	1944
Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date	Contributor	Update
01 December 2016 10:45:21	Al_Skiff	Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, markings, description, events, unit associations, person associations and place associations
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