No 4 Combat Crew Replacement Center

Unit

Established as 2915th Combat Crew Replacement Center Group on 1 October 1943 at Cluntoe to provide additional source training to B-17 Flying Fortress replacement crews.



Redesignated No 4 Combat Crew Replacement Center on 23 November 1943.



After training 57 crews, the unit transferred to Cheddington on 28 February 1944, without personnel and equipment, and absorbed personnel and equipment formerly of No 2 CCRC.



Disbanded on 5 October 1944

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Established

Cluntoe 1 October 1943

Based

Cheddington 28 February 1944

Encompassing

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 4 Combat Crew Replacement Center
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 4 Combat Crew Replacement Center
  • Service Numbers: O-501319
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Chaplain
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 4 Combat Crew Replacement Center
  • Service Numbers: O-498859
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Chaplain
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 4 Combat Crew Replacement Center
  • Highest Rank: Captain

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: C-46 Commando
  • Unit: No 4 Combat Crew Replacement Center

Revisions

Date
Changes
Sources

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)

Date
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

Freeman, Mighty Eighth War Manual, pp 121-124

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia