John Brooke England
Military
L to R: Richard Peterson, Leonard "Kit" Carson, John B. England, Clarence "Bud" Anderson
Object Number - UPL 42972 - 357th FG Aces L to R: Richard Peterson, Leonard "Kit" Carson, John B. England, Clarence "Bud" Anderson
Flight leader 362nd FS 357th Fighter Group March 1943 - Feb. 1945
2nd ranked ace of the 357th FG - 17.5 air kills plus 1 by strafing 108 combat missions
Following the War England remained with the US Air Force, training fighter pilots. He formed an all-red Mustang display team called "The Red Devils" and later flew six missions over Korea. In 1953 he was transferred to Alexandria Air Force Base in Lousiana to fly the F-86 Sabre. He was killed has CO of the 389th FBS when the F-86F Sabre he was flying crashed during landing at Toul Air Base, France on Nov. 17, 1954.
England AFB. LA is named in his honor and he is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: “U’ve Had It” Toolin Fool
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Group 362nd Fighter Squadron 375th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Joker
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 362nd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Missouri Armada
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 362nd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Caruthersville, Missouri | 15 January 1923 | |
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Enlisted |
Sikeston, MO | 1 April 1942 | |
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Other Aerial Victory |
near Manheim, Germany | 13 April 1944 | 1- FW 190 |
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Other Aerial Victories |
north of Augsburg, Germany | 24 April 1944 | 3 - Bf 110 |
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Other Aerial Victory |
north of Stasbourg, France | 27 May 1944 | 1- Bf 109 |
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Other Aerial Victories |
in the vicinity of Halle, Germany | 13 September 1944 | 3 - Bf 109 |
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Other Aerial Victories |
Berlin, Germany | 6 October 1944 | 2 - Bf 109 |
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Other Aerial Victories |
in the vicinity of Magdeburg, Germany | 27 November 1944 | 4- FW 190 |
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Died |
Toul-Rosières Air Base, France | 17 November 1954 | ENGLAND RITES HELD TUESDAY IN VIRGINIA Funeral services for Lt. Col. John B. England, 31, killed in the crash of a jet plane in France, November 17, were held in Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday, November 30. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh England, also J.R. Hutchison and Jack Hutchison attended the service, going by plane from Memphis. Col. England was born in Caruthersville and entered cadet training in 1942, receiving his commission the following year. During World War II he became an ace fighter pilot by destroying 19 German planes. At the time of his death he was commanding officer of the 389th Fighter Bomber Squadron and was returning from a routine training flight when the accident occurred. Survivors in addition to his parents are his wife, Marilyn, and three children who live in Alexandria, La., where he was formerly stationed and a brother, George England, of Detroit, Mich., who also attended the funeral service. Democrat Argus - Caruthersville, Missouri - Friday, December 3, 195 |
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Buried |
30 November 1954 | Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map Plot Sec: 6, Site: 5810-B |
Revisions
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8939&h=4845142…
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2345/40014_1821100517_0657-00557?p…
"Mustang Aces of he 357th Fighter Group - Chris Bucholtz, pages 17,18,21,22,23,27,28,40-41,42-43,48, 65-66
Freeman, The Mighty Eighth, p. 278.
Hess, America's Top Eighth Air Force Aces in Their Own Words, pp. 68-69.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Fighter Aces of the U. S. A., Mustang Aces of the Eighth Air Force and Aces and Wingmen II / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
