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Murdoch R Cunningham

Military

Assigned to 486FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 496FTG, 8AF USAAF.

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Units served with

352nd Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Pilot Lieutenant-Colonel Luther H. Richmond with his aircraft, P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-R, serial number 42-8412), named "Sweetie", at Bodney air base, winter 1943 - 1944. Pin-up artwork by Alberto Vargas. 1943 - 1944. Lieutenant-Colonel Richmond flew with the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group.

486th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

British and American personnel hold up flags at the 496th Fighter Training Group base in Goxhill. Printed caption on reverse: 'P.H.T GREEN COLLECTION PLACE: Goxhill, DATE: 44.'

496th Fighter Training Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

42-106472

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: The Flying Scot II Vicious Virgie JG
Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Bodney airfield, looking south east, the barrack sites are in the top centre of the image, 8 June 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/369. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bodney

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney

Aerial photograph of Goxhill airfield looking north west, the control tower and technical site with two T2 hangars and a J-Type hangar is at the bottom, barrack sites are top left, 8 June 1942. Photograph taken on sortie number RAF/UK753. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Goxhill

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Enlisted	Elmira, NY	16 January 1942
Based Transferred	Goxhill	26 June 1944	Transferred to 496FTG, 8AF USAAF.
Born	Tioga County, NY
Based	Bodney	26 June 1944	Assigned to 486FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date28 Oct 2018 09:22:27

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/83527903-murdoch-r-cunningham

Date27 Sep 2014 18:20:24

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list