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John Quincy

Military

Lieutenant John Quincy of the 406th Fighter Group awaits the return of P-47 Thunderbolts near the runway at Nordholz. An AT-17 Bobcat (serial number 43-32083) is visible in the background. Image via John Quincy.

media-396155.jpg FRE 7429 Lieutenant John Quincy of the 406th Fighter Group awaits the return of P-47 Thunderbolts near the runway at Nordholz. An AT-17 Bobcat (serial number 43-32083) is visible in the background. Image via John Quincy. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 7429 - Lieutenant John Quincy of the 406th Fighter Group awaits the return of P-47 Thunderbolts near the runway at Nordholz. An AT-17 Bobcat (serial number...

John Quincy served with the 406th Fighter Group. He sent historian Roger Freeman copies of the colour photos he took during his tour in the ETO.

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Units served with

A P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-28875) and a C-47 Skytrain (90-M, serial number 42-100806) of the 437th Troop Carrier Group at Nordholz, May 1945. Image via John Quincy.

406th Fighter Group

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

Places

Aerial photograph of Ashford airfield. Photograph taken by the 34th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron of the 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group on 11 May 1944, sortie number US/34GR/LOC14. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Ashford

Site type: Airfield
Known as: RAF Ashford

Revisions

Date12 Dec 2016 11:49:13

ContributorLucy May

ChangesCreated entry with surname, firstname, nationality, highest rank, biography, unit associations, place associations and media associations

Sources

Captions of Freeman Collection photographs.

John Quincy: Gallery (33 items)

Personnel prepare to board a C-47 Skytrain (serial number 42-100646) of the 313rd Troop Carrier Group at Nordholz. Image via John Quincy.

Object number: FRE 7072 -

An A-26 Invader (P2-C, serial number 43-22653) of the 391st Bomb Group at Nordholz, March 1945. Image via John Quincy, via Stan Wyglendowski.

Object number: FRE 7340 -

An A-26 Invader of the 391st Bomb Group at Nordholz. Image via John Quincy, via Stan Wyglendowski.

Object number: FRE 7341 -

A-26 Invaders of the 391st Bomb Group lined up alongside the runway at Nordholz. Image via John Quincy.

Object number: FRE 7346 -

Personnel of the 406th Fighter Group relax in their underwear outside the tents at Ashford. Image via John Quincy.

Object number: FRE 7388 -

P-47 Thunderbolts of the 406th Fighter Group fly over Ashford. Image via John Quincy.

Object number: FRE 7389 -

A Jeep, belonging to Lieutenant John Quincy of the 406th Fighter Group, in a convoy of vehicles en route to Southampton. July 1944. Image via John Quincy.

Object number: FRE 7416 -

Crew tents of the 406th Fighter Group at Ashford. Image via John Quincy.

Object number: FRE 7417 -

The rigging of the "Lucius Q. C. Lamar" transport ship, carrying personnel of the 406th Fighter Group to Normandy as part of a naval convoy. Image via John Quincy.

Object number: FRE 7418 -

An anti aircraft gun post at the 406th Fighter Group base at Ashford. Image via John Quincy.

Object number: FRE 7419 -

P-47 Thunderbolts of the 406th Fighter Group fly in formation over Tour-En-Bessin, July 1944. Image via John Quincy.

Object number: FRE 7421 -

Personnel of the 406th Fighter Group rest near Omaha beach. Image via John Quincy.

Object number: FRE 7422 -