George T Crowell
Military
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FRE 168
Pilots of the 55th Fighter Group meet the Mayor of Colchester, 1944 - 1945. Left to right they are: Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti; Colonel George T. Crowell; Mr. Arthur W. Piper, Mayor of Colchester; unknown; Colonel Joe Huddleston.
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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Assigned to HQ Sqn, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Based |
Wormingford | 16 February 1943 - 19 February 1945 | Assigned to HQ Sqn, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Promotion |
21 March 1944 | Promoted to Lt Colonel. | |
Other Promotion |
16 April 1944 | Promoted to Colonel. | |
Other End Tour Duty (ETD) |
19 February 1945 | Ended Tour Duty (ETD). | |
Chicago, IL |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.55th.org roster