John G DuFour

Military

media-17851.jpeg UPL 17851 Major John G DuFour 71[Eagle] Sqn RAF, transferred to 336th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF.

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Object Number - UPL 17851 - Major John G DuFour 71[Eagle] Sqn RAF, transferred to 336th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF.

Joined 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF, transferred to 336th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF USAAF.

Commander of the 336th Fighter Squadron, 4-Mar-43 - 1-Sep-43.

Awards: AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

Post war: Served in the Korean War, Commanding Officer, ENT AFB, Colorado, July 1961 Retired from the USAF as a Lieutenant Colonel.

Note: John seems to be mislabeled as James in several photographs. There seems to have been a James Dufour in the 4th Fighter Group as well, but a corporal.

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Units served with

336th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

4th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

No 71 'Eagle' Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

41-6575

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Nicknames: Doreen II The Old Man
Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron

AB271

Aircraft Type: Spitfire
Nicknames: Doreen I
Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron

Places

Debden

Site type: Airfield

Kirton-in-Lindsey

Site type: Airfield

Martlesham Heath

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Oakland, CA, USA	6 July 1909	Son of Clarence and Marcia DuFour.
Based	Debden	9 October 1942 - 2 September 1943	Transferred to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
Other Discharged USAF		31 July 1961	Retired USAF.
Died	Pinellas County, FL, USA	7 October 1993
Buried	National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI	18 October 1993	National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii
	Alameda, CA, USA
Based	Kirton-in-Lindsey	9 October 1942	Assigned to 71 Sqn RAF

Revisions

Date1 Dec 2021 10:27:37

ContributorAl_Skiff

ChangesChanges to highest rank, biography, events and unit associations

Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/87154242
https://www.fold3.com/record/77160585/john-g-dufour-social-security-dea…
https://www.fold3.com/record/717272604/dufour-john-g-us-veterans-graves…
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/336_d…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3773638/john-g-dufour

Date6 Mar 2019 14:17:13

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

ChangesChanges to service number

Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Date25 Feb 2016 12:26:16

ContributorAl_Skiff

ChangesChanges to unit associations and place associations

Sources

http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/336_d…

Date3 Oct 2015 20:53:21

ContributorAl_Skiff

ChangesChanges to nickname, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations

Sources

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Date27 Sep 2015 14:31:10

ContributorJenny

ChangesChanges to nickname, highest rank, biography and media associations

Sources

http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/group-and-squadron-commanders… - photo corresponds to our photographs

Date27 Sep 2014 18:16:04

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ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html

John G DuFour: Gallery (7 items)

Captain James Dufour, of the 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, with his P-47 Thunderbolt (VF-E, serial number 41-6575) nicknamed "Doreen III", 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Fall, 1943. Capt. J. Dufour, VF-E, 41-6575, Doreen III. Source: James Dufour. 39 KP.'

Object number: FRE 2270 -

Captain Thomas J. Andrews, Captain Gilbert Halsey and Major John G. Dufour of the 4th Fighter Group after receiving the Eagle Squadron Insignia during a royal visit, June 1943. Passed for publication 25 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Duchess Of Kent Presents Plaques To Former Eagle Squadron Pilots. H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent visited a U.S. Army Air Station and presented plaques bearing the Eagle Squadron insignia to men who served in the Eagle Squadrons of the R.A.F. prior to the entry of the U.S.

Object number: FRE 2365 -

The Duchess of Kent gives the Eagle Squadron insignia toMajor John G. Dufour of the 4th Fighter Group, during a royal visit to Debden, June 1943. Passed for publication 25 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Duchess Of Kent Presents Plaques To Former Eagle Squadron Pilots. H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent visited a U.S. Army Air Station and presented plaques bearing the Eagle Squadron insignia to men who served in the Eagle Squadrons of the R.A.F. prior to the entry of the U.S.A. into the war. Keystone Photo

Object number: FRE 2367 -

Left to right: First Lieutenant Stanley G. Markusen, Public Relations Officer with the 78th Fighter Group, watches a mission take-off at Duxford, along with Major Charles E. Clapp Jr., journalist William Randolph Hearst Jr. and Major James Dufour, Passed for publication 28 October 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Thunderbolts - the "Guardian Angels" of Flying Fortresses. Here are pictures of Thunderbolts P-47s, the famous American fighter planes, which escort Flying Fortresses on their daylight missions

Object number: FRE 280 -

Mr. William Randolph Hearst Jr., a war correspondent visiting Duxford, joins the pilots in the briefing room. Passed for publication 28 October 1943. Printed caption attached to reverse of print: 'Thunderbolts - the "Guardian Angels" of Flying Fortresses. Here are pictures of Thunderbolts P-47s, the famous American fighter planes, which escort Flying Fortresses on their daylight missions over Occupied Europe. Photo shows:- Mr. Hearst attends briefing before the day's mission. Lt. Col. James J. Stone, Jr.,

Object number: FRE 372 -

Object number: UPL 17851 -

Object number: UPL 18546 -