No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center
UnitIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Established as a provisional unit at Bovingdon on 27 August 1942, and equipped with B-17Es transferred from the 92nd Bomb Group.
From the Autumn of 1942 provided training for bomber crews to assess them of the state of their training and to provide instruction on equipment and procedures relevant to operating in the UK, and flight assembly and formation procedures pertaining to the 8th Air Force. On three occasions 11 CCRC provided aircraft and personnel to support combat missions.
On 16 August 1943 the unit was reorganised and provisionally titled the 2900th Combat Crew Replacement Centre Group (Provisional).
Redesignated No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center on 12 November 1943
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Established |
Bovingdon | 27 August 1943 |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center 326th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center 326th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-660331
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center 326th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-885550
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Assistant Flying Control Officer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Jarrin Jenny
- Unit: No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center 303rd Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 340th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center 92nd Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 340th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: Defiant
- Unit: No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center 94th Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: Lysander
- Unit: No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center
Mission
- Date: 6 December 1942
- Official Description:
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia