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P-47 Thunderbolt
Group
The 78th Fighter Group was initially based at Goxhill but moved to Duxford in April 1943 and stayed there until October 1945. The 78th FG flew each of the three US built principal fighters of the AAF in the ETO. In their Thundetbolts, the 78th FG ...
Military | Colonel | Fighter Pilot, Pilot
One of seven Powell brothers who served the United States in World War II. Crashed 3km NW of Wuustwezel, near the Belgium/Netherlands border, NE of Antwerp, Belgium due to a runaway prop on a bomber support mission to Duren, Germany on 4 March 1944 in...
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 September 2014 18:40:06 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 4495 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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