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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42-68043
P-38 Lightning
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Lt Lee S Ayoub of the 383rd Ftr Sq, 364th FG in front of his P-38J 42-68043 "Aboob" (coded N2-D). Officially credited with 1.5 confirmed aerial victories, his aircraft was flown originally by Lt Col George F. Ceuleers, coded N2-D and nicknamed "Connie & Butch INC." This aircraft was eventually transferred to the 428th FS, 474th FG. It was written off on 11 May 1945 after crash landing at airfield R-2, Bad Langensalza, Germany.
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1st Lt Lee S Ayoub, 383rd Ftr Sq, 364th FG. Officially credited with 1.5 confirmed aerial victories. Ayoub points to the nose art on the right gun bay panel of his P-38J, serial 42-68043 (coded N2-D).
Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Personal A/C of Lt Col George F Ceuleers. Re-assigned to Lt Lee S Ayoub. Transferred to 428FS, 474FG 9AF. Written off 11-May-45 after crash landing Bad Langensalza/R-2, Germany.
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364th Fighter Group
Group
The 364th Fighter Group flew 342 missions in P-38 Lightnings and P-51 Mustangs from Honington, Suffolk. The missions ranged from escorting bombers and dive-bombing and strafing targets to area patrol missions across a swathe of land that took in France... -
474th Fighter Group
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383rd Fighter Squadron
Squadron
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428th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
People
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Lee Ayoub
Military | Captain | Fighter Pilot | 364th Fighter Group
Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed (End) Tour of Duty (ETD). Awards: WWII Victory, EAME. -
George Ceuleers
Military | Colonel | Fighter pilot | 364th Fighter Group
Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed 2 x Tours of Duty (ETD 2). Credited 10.5 kills. Awards: DSC, DFC (4OLC), AM, WWII Victory, EAME, American Campaign, National Defense Service, Longevity Service (OLC), UN and Korean medals.
Places
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Honington
Military site : airfield
Honington was in use by Eighth Air Force units for a longer period than any other air base in England. The air base, built in the mid 1930s as part of the RAF's expansion programme had seen plenty of action as an RAF base before it was handed over to... -
Warmwell
Military site : airfield
Originally named Woodsford, the station opened as a grass airfield Armament Practice Camp in 1937. Subject to a change of name in 1938, to avoid confusion with the Avro factory airfield of Woodford, RAF Warmwell was used as a training, fighter and ASR...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Manufactured | Burbank, CA, USA | 1944 |
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Built at Lockheed. |
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| Assigned | Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31 1QZ, UK | 1944 |
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Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Assigned | Warmwell, Dorchester DT2 8HQ, UK | 1945 |
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Assigned to 428FS, 474FG, ?AF USAAF. |
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| Crashed | Bad Langensalza, Germany | 11 May 1945 |
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Crash landing Bad Langensalza, Germany/R-2, Written Off. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 January 2018 22:44:39 | eagle0025 | Changes to nicknames, markings and description |
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Updated a/c information |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 18 December 2017 17:35:44 | Al_Skiff | Changes to description, events, unit associations, person associations and place associations |
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http://littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=42-68043&Submit=Search |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 18 December 2017 17:21:03 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, markings and media associations |
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http://littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=42-68043&Submit=Search |
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