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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North American P-51B 43-12173 GQ-A 'Peg O' my Heart' of the 355th Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group at Boxted.
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354th Fighter Group
Group
The Group moved to England in the autumn of 1943 and was assigned to the Ninth Air Force in December 1943. The Group were the first to fly P-51 Mustangs operationally and in their bomber escort missions pushed to find the long-range limits of the... -
355th Fighter Squadron
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43-12173 'Peg O' My Heart'
P-51 Mustang
P-51B 43-12173 'Peg O' my Heart' ...
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Boxted
Military site : airfield
Boxted was built for heavy bombers and became operational from May 1943. In the few months B-26 Marauders of the 386th Bomb Group were stationed there, there were two night attacks by the Luftwaffe. On 17 August 1943, one man was killed when bombs...
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 26 July 2015 17:58:53 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with caption, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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