Daniel T Clarke

Military

This group were the air/sea rescue squadrons with the 8thAAF. They originally had P-47s only, then in Jan 45 they received 16 OA Catalinas and in Mar of 45 they received some B-17s with life boats inside to drop to the men in the water.

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5th Emergency Rescue Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

Squadron Leader Boles?aw "Mike" G?adych of the Polish Air Force (attached to the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group) being awarded an American medal by Brigadier-General Jesse Auton, the Commander of the 65th Fighter Wing of the Eighth Air Force.

65th Fighter Wing

Unit Hierarchy: Wing
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

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Date27 Sep 2014 18:06:55

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Sources

65th FW Booklet / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia