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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Clinton R Albright
Military
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Personal Combat Report claims 1 Kill. Verdict found 1.5 kills.
Assigned to 511FS, 405FG, 9AF USAAF. Transferred to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF. End of War.
Service
Units served with
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405th Fighter Group
Group
The 405th Fighter Group was a fighter bomber unit of the United States Army Air Force in World War II. They group flew P-47 Thunderbolts in the European Theater of Operations (ETO) starting with the buildup to the Invasion of Normandy ("D-Day") through... -
56th Fighter Group
Group
Flying P-47 Thunderbolts throughout their time stationed in England, the Group, known as "the Wolfpack", had more ace pilots than any other Eighth Air Force Fighter Group. The 56th Fighter Group also destroyed more enemy aircraft in air combat than any... -
511th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
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62nd Fighter Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-28674
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 511FS, 405FG, 9AF USAAF. Abandoned 15 miles NE St Dizier 25-Oct-44.
Associated Place
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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... -
Christchurch
Military site : airfield
The original Christchurch Airport operated from 1935-39, and the airfield was used by the RAF from 1939 to 1941. It was the site of the Airspeed Aircraft factiry from 1940 to 51. Christchurch was developed for USAAF use in 1943, and the Ninth Air Force... -
Saint-Dizier
Military site : airfield
Events
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| Assigned | Christchurch, Dorset, UK | 1944 – 3 January 1945 |
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Assigned to 511FS, 405FG, 9AF USAAF. |
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| Baled Out | 52100 Saint-Dizier, France | 25 October 1944 |
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Baled Out 15mi NE St Dizier / A-64 Cat 5 damage, pilot Lt Clinton R Albright, 25-Oct-44. P-47D 42-28674 - 511FS 405FG 9AF |
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| Transferred | Boxted, Colchester, Essex, UK | 3 January 1945 – May 1945 |
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Transferred to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF. |
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| End of War | Europe | April 1945 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 01 July 2016 12:14:29 | Al_Skiff | Changes to role, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Albright%2C+Clint... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:06:32 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list |
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