IX Air Force Troop Carrier Command

Command
A formation of C-47 Skytrains of the 440th Troop Carrier Group fly over Exeter. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Exeter: troops on parade.' media-408726.jpg FRE 3360 A formation of C-47 Skytrains of the 440th Troop Carrier Group fly over Exeter. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Exeter: troops on parade.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 3360 - A formation of C-47 Skytrains of the 440th Troop Carrier Group fly over Exeter. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Exeter: troops on parade.'

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Established

Cottesmore 16 October 1943

Based

St Vincents 1 December 1943

Based

Ascot 20 September 1944

Encompassing

People

Jonathan Lee Hill

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: IX Air Force Troop Carrier Command 813th Medical Air Evacuation Transportation Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37410314
  • Highest Rank: Other
  • Role/Job: T3-Surgical Tech

Richard Mervyn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: IX Air Force Troop Carrier Command 53rd Troop Carrier Wing 436th Troop Carrier Group 82nd Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-699697
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
D-Day, first Pathfinder crew to be back after mission over Normandy

Vito Santo Pedone

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: IX Air Force Troop Carrier Command
  • Service Numbers: 14051388 / O-36301
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot

Reba Zitella Tobiason nee Whittle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: IX Air Force Troop Carrier Command 813th Medical Air Evacuation Transportation Squadron
  • Service Numbers: N-734426
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Flight Nurse

Paul L Williams

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: IX Air Force Troop Carrier Command
  • Service Numbers: O-10600
  • Highest Rank: Major General
  • Role/Job: Commanding General IX Troop Carrier Command

Aircraft

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Air Force Combat Units of World War II

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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)

IX Air Force Troop Carrier Command: Gallery (14 items)

Object number: UPL 37641 - 1st Lt. Geraldine Lovella Pedone nee Curtis