65th Fighter Wing

Wing
Squadron Leader Boles?aw "Mike" G?adych of the Polish Air Force (attached to the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group) being awarded an American medal by Brigadier-General Jesse Auton, the Commander of the 65th Fighter Wing of the Eighth Air Force. media-401278.jpg FRE 2526 Squadron Leader Boles?aw "Mike" G?adych of the Polish Air Force (attached to the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group) being awarded an American medal by Brigadier-General Jesse Auton, the Commander of the 65th Fighter Wing of the Eighth Air Force. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 2526 - Squadron Leader Boles?aw "Mike" G?adych of the Polish Air Force (attached to the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group) being awarded an American...

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Commanding Officers

Jesse D Auton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 65th Fighter Wing Headquarters (65th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: O-17938
  • Highest Rank: Brigadier General
  • Role/Job: Commanding General

Connections

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Debden 4 June 1943

Based

Saffron Walden 17 June 1943

Established

Elveden Hall 1 September 1945

Based

Troston 21 October 1945 - 21 November 1945

Encompassing

People

Lyle Arjean Adrianse

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 65th Fighter Wing 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron Headquarters (65th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: 16033571 / O-660089
  • Highest Rank: Brigadier General
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Edward Wharton Anderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 65th Fighter Wing 4th Fighter Group Headquarters (4th Fighter Group) Headquarters (65th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: O-17932
  • Highest Rank: Brigadier General
  • Role/Job: Commanding General

William T Ash

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 65th Fighter Wing

Jesse D Auton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 65th Fighter Wing Headquarters (65th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: O-17938
  • Highest Rank: Brigadier General
  • Role/Job: Commanding General

Peter William Bauman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 65th Fighter Wing 355th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (65th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: 18086584 / O-673300
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Aircraft

Captain Harold E. Stump and Second Lieutenant George J. Hays of the 78th Fighter Group with a P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Bad Medicine", 15 October 1943. Passed for publication 15 Oct 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '22. 78FG. Cpt. Harold E. Stump in a/c. 2/Lt. George J. Hays on wing.' Printed caption on reverse: 'A Visit To An American Fighter Station. This is a pictorial series depicting the various aspects of life of one of the oldest American fighter groups over in England - operationally speaki

41-6259

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Bad Medicine
  • Unit: 65th Fighter Wing 56th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron 83rd Fighter Squadron

42-75528

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Diane III
  • Unit: 65th Fighter Wing 361st Fighter Group 376th Fighter Squadron 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron

42-8496

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Galloping Catastrophe
  • Unit: 65th Fighter Wing 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron

Revisions

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Air Force Combat Units of World War II

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2nd Air Division Memorial Library

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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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