9th Air Force
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P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 506FS, 404FG, 9AF USAAF.
Group
A unit history of the 404th Fighter Group is available online as a pdf:
http://www.winkton.net/Leap%20Off/LeapOffPdf3.pdf
Squadron
Military | Captain | Fighter Pilot | 404th Fighter Group
Edwin Wright flew 88 missions in P-47 Thunderbolts over Europe during WWII. He left the Army in 1946 after the war and was again called up for the Korean Conflict in 1950. He retired from the US Air Force as a Major.
Military site : airfield
Prepared as an RAF Advanced Landing Ground in 1943, the land was released for grazing before it was again selected for aircraft use, and improved for the Ninth Air Force in 1944. Used briefly by the 404th Fighter Group, it was then abandoned,...
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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07 August 2017 20:23:13 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, description, unit associations, person associations, place associations and media associations |
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https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/9699 |