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Used as an RAF Advanced Landing Ground in 1943 with temporary runways and buildings. High Halden was then used as a Ninth Air Force Advanced Landing Ground, before being occupied by the 358th Fighter Group in 1944.
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The 358th Fighter Group flew seventeen missions with the Eighth Air Force from Leiston air base. At the beginning of February 1944 the Group were transferred to the Ninth Air Force in exchange for the 357th Fighter Group. With the Ninth, the Group went...
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Military | Captain | Fighter Pilot | 358th Fighter Group
Assigned to 367FS, 358FG, 9AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Captain | Fighter pilot | 358th Fighter Group
Killed in Action
Military | Second Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 368th Fighter Group
Assigned to 365FS, 358FG, 8AF USAAF. Abandoned P-47D 42-76525 out of fuel over English channel, baled and picked up by ASR, WIA, RTD.
Awards: PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 358th Fighter Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter pilot | 355th Fighter Group
Assigned to 358FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 366FS, 358FG, 9AF USAAF. 58 x missions. Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to St Lo. Shot down by Fw190 in vicinity of Carentan. Killed in Action (KIA). 17-Jun-44. MACR 6281.
Awards: PH.
Military | Major General | Fighter pilot / Op's Officer / Commanding Officer | 358th Fighter Group
Assigned to 366FS, 358FG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 122 x combat missions as wing man, element leader, flight commander, and operations officer. Made commander of 365FS, 358FG, 8AF USAAF.
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Military | Captain | Fighter pilot | 358th Fighter Group
Assigned to 365FS, 358FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) combat mission to Argentan in P-47D 42-25847. Hit by flak, engine afire, baled out. Evaded capture (EVD) 26-Jul-44. MACR 8576.
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Military | Captain | Fighter pilot | 358th Fighter Group
Assigned to 365FS, 358FG, 9AF USAAF. Credited 2 x destroyed.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Fighter pilot | 358th Fighter Group
Assigned to 552FTS, 495FTG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 366FS, 358FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission in P-47D 42-8415, Reported that he was low on fuel. Element leader, Erik Littlejohn, and he broke off to make the return flight to...
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter pilot | 358th Fighter Group
Assigned to 366FS, 358FG, 9AF USAAF. 90+ combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) armed recon mission to Nonnweiler. Mis-Identified, bounced and shot down by friendly P-47's in a 'blue on blue' incident. Slumped forward in harness, A/C streaming white...
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 366FS, 358FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) armed recon mission to Nonnweiler. Mis-Identified, bounced and shot down by friendly P-47's in a 'blue on blue' incident. Slumped forward in harness, A/C streaming white smoke and crashed...
P-47 Thunderbolt
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. One time personal aircraft of Capt Dominic Gentile. Transferred to 367FS, 358FG, 9AF USAAF.
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 365FS 358FG 9AF USAAF.
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 360FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 366FS, 358FG, 9AF USAAF.
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 328FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 366FS, 358FG, 9AF USAAF.
Date | Contributor | Update |
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27 September 2014 18:02:16 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Chris Ashworth, Action Stations 9: Military Airfields of the Central South and South-East (Cambridge, 1985) |