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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44-19939
P-47 Thunderbolt
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Capt William C Brearley 359th Fighter Squadron. P-47D 44-19939 OC-C "Princess Jocelyn".
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Capt William Brearley 359FS 356FG 8AF.
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Capt William C Brearley 359th Fighter Squadron. P-47D 44-19939 OC-C "Princess Jocelyn". Ground crew: S/Sgt Francis H McGillivray [Crew Chief], Cpl Emanuel F Curcio[Asst Crew Chief], Cpl Walter W Kondziela [Armourer], Cpl Herman S Spencer [Radio Tech].
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Capt William C Brearley 359th Fighter Squadron. P-47D 44-19939 OC-C "Princess Jocelyn".
Assigned to 359FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. Personal aircraft of Capt William C Brearley.
Service
Units
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356th Fighter Group
Group
The 356th Fighter Group flew 413 missions between 15 October 1943 and 7 May 1945 and suffered the highest ratio of losses to enemy aircraft claims of any Eighth Air Force Group. This gave the Group the reputation of being the 'hard luck' outfit. The... -
359th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
People
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William Brearley
Military | Captain | Fighter pilot | 356th Fighter Group
Assigned to 359FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD1). Rejoined for 2nd tour. 97 combat missions. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD2). Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (9OLC), WWII Victory, EAME. -
Emanuel Curcio
Military | Private First Class | 356th Fighter Group
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Walter Kondziela
Military | Corporal | Armament | 356th Fighter Group
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Francis McGillivray
Military | Staff Sergeant | Crew Chief | 356th Fighter Group
AAFTS Lincoln, NB; Mech 42 Curtiss-Wright Service School; Pratt-Whitney in Hartford, CT; at MH 8/43 to 9/45
Places
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Martlesham Heath
Military site : airfield
Opened in 1917 as home to the RFC Aeroplane Experimental Unit, Martlesham Heath became well known during the 1920s-30s as home to the Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment. Used as an RAF fighter station from 1939, with only a grass airfield...
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 11 April 2017 20:40:36 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, markings, description, unit associations, person associations and place associations |
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