71st Fighter Wing
Wing
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Group
Wing
Squadron
Squadron
Squadron
Headquarters
9 May 1944
Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Aldermaston | 12 February 1944 – 29 February 1944 |
Based | Andover | 29 February 1944 – 24 July 1944 |
Based | Cardonville | 24 July 1944 – 15 August 1944 |
Based | Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille | 15 August 1944 – 6 September 1944 |
Based | Lonray | 6 September 1944 – 11 September 1944 |
Based | Roye / Amy | 11 September 1944 – 26 September 1944 |
Based | Florennes / Juzaine | 26 September 1944 – 27 January 1945 |
Based | Ophoven | 27 January 1945 – 20 April 1945 |
Military | First Lieutenant | fighter pilot | 370th Fighter Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 355th Fighter Group
Left Boston aboard a converted cruise ship along with 1st Lt William 'Bill' Preddy as casual[unassigned] officers supervising a boatload of replacement troops. Due to the battle of the bulge, the delivery of the troops had a higher priority than...
Military | Major | Fighter pilot | 355th Fighter Group
Assigned to 357FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed Tour of Duty (ETD). Re-assigned to 357FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 370FG, 9AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 370th Fighter Group
Pilot P-38 'Droop Snoot' 44-23162, flew recon of Mortain area, due to overcast reduced altitude and A/C was hit by flak in starboard engine, lost control and baled out along with Observer
Major William K Collonan 2 x MIA/FOD. MACR 7862.
Military | Major | Pilot, Flight Commander, Assistant Operations Officer | 370th Fighter Group
Ernest Cragg entered the first of the war-accelerated three-year West Point Classes, completing basic flight training by graduation. He received Advance Flight Training at Craig Field and Matagorda Island.
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Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter pilot | 355th Fighter Group
Assigned to HQ Sqn, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 354FS, 255FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 370FG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter pilot | 355th Fighter Group
Assigned to 357FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred 370FG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Lieutenant | 370th Fighter Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 355th Fighter Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 370th Fighter Group
KIA On February 21, 1945, while flying a support mission, Second Lieutenant Frederice T. Flodberg was killed in action. His body was recovered and buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands.
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P-38 Lightning
P-38 Lightning
P-38 Lightning
P-38 Lightning
P-38 Lightning
Assigned to 79FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Personal aircraft of Major Rufus C Franklin. Re-assigned to Lt Arthur W Heiden when 'R C' was moved to HQ. Transferred to 402FS, 370FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) armed recce to Malmedy, hit by flak whilst...
P-38 Lightning
P-38 Lightning
P-38 Lightning
P-38 Lightning
P-38 Lightning
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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01 February 2017 14:56:10 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to stations |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
13 March 2015 15:34:23 | rossingtonj | Changes to type and mission associations |
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Type added. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:42:45 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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) |