8th Air Force
Command
42-74658
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 359FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) flak emplacement strafing mission crash landed Groesbeek, Belgium pilot Lt Howell Broxton Evaded (EVD) 17-Sep-44. MACR 8799.
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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Howell Broxton
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Fighter pilot | 356th Fighter Group
Assigned to 359FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. Flew P-47s in 54 missions for 184 combat hours. Evaded after crashing in Holland in P-47D OC-R 42-8549 'Elsie' 17-Sep-44 picked up by 82nd Airborne Div. and spent a week in aid station - the Battalion Commander...
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...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Manufactured | Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA | 1943 |
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Built at Republic. |
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| Delivered | LaGuardia Airport (LGA), Queens, NY 11371, USA | 1943 |
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Delivered to USAAF. |
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| Assigned | Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK | 1943 |
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Assigned to 359FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Crashed | Groesbeek, Netherlands | 17 September 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) flak emplacement strafing mission crash landed Groesbeek, Belgium pilot Lt Howell Broxton Evaded (EVD) 17-Sep-44. MACR 8799. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 23 July 2017 20:22:15 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, markings, description, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=42-74658&Submit6=Go |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:41:03 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 8799 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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