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Bradford L Collins

Military

Assigned to HQ Sqn, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. EOW.

Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 20th Fighter Group, approved 26 November 1942

20th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

P-51 Mustangs, including (5E-B, serial number 44-13964) of the 364th Fighter Group marshalled at Honington. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'P-51 413964 5E-B, Marshalled, Honington.'

364th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Pilots of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, stand around a map at Kings Cliffe air base before mission over northern France, October 1943. L to R: First Lieutenant Merle B. Nichols, Seattle, Wash.; Major Nathaniel H. Blanton, Earlsboro, Oklahoma and First Lieutenant Richard P. Gatterdam, Columbus, Ohio. Censor has drawn lines across the map. Each of these pilots went on to command one of the squadrons of the 20th Fighter Group. Gatterdam commanded the 55th Fighter Squadron, Nichols the 77th a

55th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Headquarters (364th Fighter Group)

Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

Places

Aerial photography of Honington airfield looking south, the technical site with four C-type hangars and bomb dump are at the top, 21 June 1946. Photograph taken by No. 540 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1589. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Honington

Site type: Airfield
Known as: RAF Honington

A P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-A, serial number 42-8699) nicknamed "Prairie Farme (Spirit of Los Angeles City College)" of the 352nd Fighter Group prpepares for take off at Wittering. Written on slide casing: 'PZ-A 28699 Cpt Andrews at Wittering.'

Wittering

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Transferred	West Wittering, UK	27 March 1945
Other End of War	England, UK
	Laguna Beach, CA, USA
Based	Honington	27 March 1945	Assigned to HQ Sqn, 364FG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date25 Jun 2018 08:48:13

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Date27 Sep 2014 18:04:45

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list