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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Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Forced to bail out due to coolant leak over Denmark. Landed on Lolland Island near the village of Søllested. Hidden by the Danes until put on a boat for Sweden by the Danish Resistance. He arrived in Stockholm on 28-Mar-45.
EVADER EVD. MACR 13394.
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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Squadron
The 336th Fighter Squadron was constituted by the War Department on 22 august 1942, and was activated at Bushey Hall, England, on 12 September. It had been designated as No. 133 (Eagle) Squadron, and was made up of American volunteers to the Royal Air...
P-51 Mustang
Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort Merseburg. Became separated from section in bad weather while returning from mission. Last seen NW of the Ruhr Valley. Lt Edward A Quist. POW. 8-Nov-44. MACR 10447.
P-51 Mustang
Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return on bomber escort to Swinemunde, coolant leak caused abandonment Mon, Denmark 12-Mar-45, pilot Maj John D Mcfarlane EVD.
Military site : airfield
RAF Debden, construction of which began in 1935, is perhaps most famous as a Battle of Britain fighter airfield, partly responsible for the defence of London in 1940. In 1942 it was also home to three RAF 'Eagle Squadrons’ of volunteer American pilots...
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Born | Calais, ME, USA | 26 April 1918 |
Lived in | Calais, Massachusetts, USA | 1940 |
Assigned | Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 10 June 1944 – 12 March 1945 |
Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Promoted | Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 25 January 1945 |
Promoted to Major. |
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Baled out | Lolland, Denmark | 12 March 1945 |
Forced to bail out due to coolant leak over Denmark. Landed on Lolland Island near the village of Søllested. |
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Evaded | Denmark | 12 March 1945 – 28 March 1945 |
Evaded capture with assistance from Danish Resistance. |
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Interned (INT) | Stockholm, Sweden | 28 March 1945 – 1945 |
Interned Sweden (INT). |
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Died | Las Vegas, NV, USA | October 1974 |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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12 June 2018 10:55:13 | Lucy May | Changes to service number, role and events |
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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 July 2016 16:14:42 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to biography and media associations |
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from: |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
21 March 2016 15:21:40 | Al_Skiff | Changes to media associations |
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http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/336_mc... |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
21 March 2016 15:15:26 | Al_Skiff | Changes to surname, middlename, nickname, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/336_mc... |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:15:52 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 13394 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |