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15th Station Complement Squadron

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  • Flight Surgeon Captain George R. Hornig and Lieutenant Otis Trinkle, Messing Officer and part of the 15th Station Complement Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, discuss the nutritional value of food served up in the mess at Halesworth air base. Passed for publication 29 November 1943. Printed caption attached to the rest of this series: '

    Flight Surgeon Captain George R. Hornig and Lieutenant Otis Trinkle, Messing Officer and part of the 15th Station Complement Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, discuss the nutritional value of food served up in the mess at Halesworth air base. Passed for publication 29 November 1943. Printed caption attached to the rest of this series: '"Ace" Flight-Surgeon is combination family physician, foster-father and chaplain.' And: 'Associated Press photo shows: "Doc" Hornig and Lt. Otis Trinkle, Messing Officer, of Hardinsburg, Ind., examine a tin of tomato juice to ensure that it contains all the necessary vitamins.'

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  • 65th Fighter Wing

    65th Fighter Wing

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    Browse 65th Fighter Wing photographs and other documents in the 2nd Air Division Memorial Library digital archive here: www.2ndair.org.uk/digitalarchive/Dashboard/Index/51

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  • DE745 'Dorothy'

    Tiger Moth
    Assigned to USAAF, Landing accident Goxhill 2-Aug-43, Taxiing accident Halesworth 30-Aug-43, Take Off accident Westleton 7-Sep-43 Maj Glenn E Duncan: - ...

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27 September 2014 18:42:47 AAM AAM ingest
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / 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)

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