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Ground personnel of the 381st Fighter Squadron, 325th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force, refuel a P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Wild Hair".
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Ground personnel of the 325th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force, refuel a P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Wild Hair". Correction: 318th Fighter Group 73rd Fighter Squadron on Ie Shima, Japan 1945

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Second World War formation badge for the United States 15th Air Force (United States Army Air Force). The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved by the US Quartermaster General on 19 February 1944. Formation note: the 15th Air Force (US Army Air Force, Fifteenth Air Force) was formed on 1 November 1943 at Tunis in North Africa and moved to Italy on 1 December. The Force was disbanded on 15 September 1945 having participated in twelve campaigns.© IWM (INS 7304)

Fifteenth Air Force

  • Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Combat organisation

Revisions

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Contributorfugari
ChangesChanges to caption and unit associations
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removed connection to 381st FS

Date:
Contributorjunkman9096
ChangesChanges to caption
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Correction: 318th Fighter Group 73rd Fighter Squadron on Ie Shima, Japan 1945

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ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection