Sawston Hall

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media-5435.jpeg UPL 5435 Larry receiving his Captain’s bars presented to him by Brig. General Murray C. Woodbury on May 19, 1945 at Sawston Hall, Sawston, Cambrigeshire, England. Image courtesy of the Majercin family.

More details on Majercin's career can be found here: http://www.majercin.com/getperson.php?personID=I5&tree=Entire

Object Number - UPL 5435 - Larry receiving his Captain’s bars presented to him by Brig. General Murray C. Woodbury on May 19, 1945 at Sawston Hall, Sawston, Cambrigeshire,...

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 end of the war and was sold by them in 1982 to a language school and was later sold on.

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People

Elmer F Ellis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 66th Fighter Wing Headquarters (66th Fighter Wing)
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Wing A-1 Officer Personnel Chief

John E Gerli

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 66th Fighter Wing Headquarters Squadron (66th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: O-902244
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Wing A-2 Intelligence Officer
Commanding officers of Fighter Groups of the 8th Air Force, 1944. Printed caption on reverse: 'FORMAL PORTRAIT: They are, left to right, front row: Hub Zemke, 479th Grp, Roy Caviness, 361st Grp, Dave Schilling, 56th Grp, Everett Stewart, 355th Grp, Ben Rimermann, 353rd Grp, John Henry, 339th Grp, GT Crowell, Unk. REAR: James Maydon, 352nd Grp, WH Swanson, Unk, Joe McManus, 364th Grp, Calirborn Kinnard, 4th Grp, Philip Tukey, 356th Grp. Fred Gray, 78th Grp, Don Graham, 357th Grp. Date is unknown but it has

Frederic Colbert Gray

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (78th Fighter Group) Headquarters (66th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: O-22327
  • Highest Rank: Brigadier General
  • Role/Job: Commanding Officer

Clyde J Kennedy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: Headquarters (66th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: O-565838
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Commanding Officer

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Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Office of History, Headquarters Third Air Force, United States Air Forces in Europe; Installations and USAAF Combat Units in the United Kingdom 1942-1945, Revised and Expanded Edition (February1967, Revised October 1980).
http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=370823&sort=4&search=all&cr… Hall&rational=q&recordsperpage=10

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