61st Troop Carrier Group

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British Paratroopers prepare to board a C-47 Skytrain nicknamed "Virginia Ann" of the 59th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group at Chipping Ongar. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Chipping Ongar - 61 TCG.' media-408754.jpg FRE 3383 British Paratroopers prepare to board a C-47 Skytrain nicknamed "Virginia Ann" of the 59th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group at Chipping Ongar. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Chipping Ongar - 61 TCG.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 3383 - British Paratroopers prepare to board a C-47 Skytrain nicknamed "Virginia Ann" of the 59th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group at...

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Barkston Heath 18 February 1944 - 13 March 1945

Based

Abbeville 13 March 1945

Other

Assigned 12th Air Force

Other

Assigned 9th Air Force

Encompassing

People

Warren Emmett Boone

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 61st Troop Carrier Group 59th Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37 445 752
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Supply NCO

Thomas B Carter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 61st Troop Carrier Group
  • Service Numbers: O-789683
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Kenneth Bickley Combs

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 61st Troop Carrier Group
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Chaplain

James E Cook

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 61st Troop Carrier Group 59th Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-789540
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot

Alva Warren Everett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 61st Troop Carrier Group 59th Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15333001
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Aircraft

42-23332

  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Unit: 61st Troop Carrier Group

42-23638

  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Unit: 61st Troop Carrier Group

42-24206

  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Unit: 61st Troop Carrier Group

42-32918

  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Unit: 61st Troop Carrier Group

42-5691

  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Unit: 61st Troop Carrier Group

Revisions

Date7 Jun 2021 07:50:46
ContributorEmily
ChangesChanges to us air force combat units of world war ii description, citations, air forces and stations
Sources

Air Force Combat Units of World War II

Date10 Feb 2017 12:42:11
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
ChangesChanges to type and stations
Sources

Place added with details from:
- "Battle Colors Volume III - Insignia and Tactical Markings of the Ninth Air Force in World War Two' by Robert A. Watkins;

Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:46
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)

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