IX Air Force Service Command
Command
The IX Air Force Service Command performed two functions: supplying the Ninth Air Force, and maintenance and major repair of airplanes and other equipment.
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Wing
Command
The IX Air Force Service Command performed two functions: supplying the Ninth Air Force, and maintenance and major repair of airplanes and other equipment.
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Group
Group
Group
Organized as the 318th Air Base Group and activated 28 Jan 1942 at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. Departed 06 Oct 1943 on the ship E. B. Alexander with 26 officers and 136 enlisted men. Arrived at Greenock, England 20 Oct 1943. Group supported the 434th...
Group
Constituted as the 437th Troop Carrier Group on 15 April 1943, it was activated on 01 May 1943 in Dunnellon, FL. They trained with C-46 and C-47 aircraft for duty overseas with the Ninth Air Force. They moved to England during January and February of...
Group
6 June 1944
IX Troop Carrier Command Field Order No 1 was originally issued on 31 May 1944, before being amended on 4 June 1944. It determined the role that 9th Air Force Troop Carrier Command would play in the assault phase of Operation Neptune- the Normandy...
Military | 392nd Bomb Group
on Temporary Duty to 392nd, attached to Gp Hq
Military | 392nd Bomb Group
On Temporary Duty to 392nd, attached to Gp Hq
Military | 392nd Bomb Group
On Temporary Duty to 392nd, attached to Gp Hq
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 436th Troop Carrier Group
From Ohio
C-47 Skytrain
Assigned to 79TCS, 436TCG, 53TCW 9AF.
C-47 Skytrain
Assigned to 82TCS, 436TCG, 8AF USAAF.
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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27 September 2014 18:42:44 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980) |