Ramitelli
Airfield
Home of the 332nd Fighter Group
Object Number - UPL 24782 - Ramitelli Airfield, Italy Home of the 332nd Fighter Group
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Detailed History
Ramitelli air field was a temporary airfield southeast of Campomarino in the north of Apulia, Italy.
The airfield was built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in early 1944, as part of the Foggia Airfield Complex, a series of World War II military airfields located within a 25 mile (40 km) radius of Foggia. It had a single runway and made use of farmhouses around the airfield as operations buildings. It became the home base for the Fifteenth Air Foces 332nd Fighter Group, the 'Tuskegee Airmen'. They used the airfield until the end of the war, and served with distinction in their red tailed P-47 Thunderbolts and P-51 Mustangs. After 15 May 1945 the airfield was used by 523rd Air Service Group and 949 Air Engineering Squadron. It closed in Oct 1945, after which it was dismantled.
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 332nd Fighter Group
- Service Numbers: O-794598
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot - Group Operations Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 332nd Fighter Group 99th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 332nd Fighter Group 301st Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-817588
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 332nd Fighter Group 100th Fighter Squadron 301st Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-819461
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 332nd Fighter Group 99th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-790460
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
