66th Fighter Wing
Wing
Military
An intelligence officer was used to debrief 4 fighter pilots at one time after each mission. Gerli was stationed near Duxford and the 78th FG
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Wing
Military site : airfield
RAF Duxford, now a museum and still a working airfield, was operated by the USAAF from 1943 to 1945. The base was briefly the home of the 350th Fighter Group in late 1942, but it was not until April 1943 that it became a fully American station when the...
Military site : non-airfield
Sawston Hall was requisitioned for use as the Headquarters of the 66th Fighter Wing, from the Huddleston family. There is graffiti on the top floor from the US occupation and an air-raid shelter in the grounds. It reverted to the Huddleston's at the...
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Born | New York, NY, USA | 16 October 1909 |
Died | 20 June 2006 |
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16 May 2017 14:42:43 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to service number, role, biography and events |
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16 May 2017 14:33:08 | general ira snapsorter | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, highest rank, role, unit associations, place associations and media associations |
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Entry added with details from the 66th Fighter Wing unit history . |