474th Fighter Group
Group
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Headquarters
Group
Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Warmwell |
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Fighter pilot | 474th Fighter Group
Assigned to HQ Sqn, 474FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) sweep to Dusseldorf in P-38J 44-23573 shot down in melee with Fw190's Koln, Germany 13-Oct-44. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 9540
Awards: AM (15 OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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27 April 2015 06:41:27 | Geyser | Changes to type and aircraft types |
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History of the 428th FS. Geyser Gang. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:42:53 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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) |