67th Fighter Wing

Wing
Personnel of the 364th Fighter Group stand in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 303rd Bomb Group at Honington in 1945. Printed caption on reverse: '71620 AC- Colgate Relay Crew of the 364th Fighter Group, 67th Fighter Wing at 8th AFS F-375, Honnington [sic], England. 5/7/45. U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO.'

Object Number - FRE 553 - Personnel of the 364th Fighter Group stand in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 303rd Bomb Group at Honington in 1945. Printed caption on...

Commanding Officers

Avelin P Tacon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 67th Fighter Wing 359th Fighter Group Headquarters (359th Fighter Group) Headquarters (67th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: O-21598
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Headquarters, 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
General Anderson, Russ Zoan, General Booth, Colonel Osborne and General Dootlittle at Honington, home of the 364th Fighter Group. First handwritten caption on reverse: 'Standing next to Gen Dootlittle Col Roy W Osborne, Commander of 364th Fighter Group, Honington Air Base.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: 'The Lt in from 364th FG also something like Greenlin.'

Roy W Osborn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 67th Fighter Wing 364th Fighter Group Headquarters (364th Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-21522
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Commanding Officer; pilot

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Walcot Hall 26 August 1943

Based

Troston 25 October 1943 - 21 September 1945

Encompassing

People

Vernon M Beesley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 67th Fighter Wing 20th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 79th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18082786 / O-756452
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Irving T Bradford

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 67th Fighter Wing 20th Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (67th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: O-812363
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Jacob Tidings Carwile

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 67th Fighter Wing 356th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Squadron Headquarters (67th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: 15113992 / O-714870
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Henry G Castle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 67th Fighter Wing 352nd Fighter Group 361st Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 496th Fighter Training Group 376th Fighter Squadron 487th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18110192 / O-705544
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

George G Contos

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 67th Fighter Wing 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (67th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: T-123691 / O-1998573
  • Highest Rank: Flight Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Aircraft

42-22547

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: We Three
  • Unit: 67th Fighter Wing 352nd Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron

Revisions

Date3 Sep 2019 10:55:53
ContributorEmily
Sources

Air Force Combat Units of World War II

Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:44
ContributorAAM
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)

67th Fighter Wing: Gallery (6 items)

Personnel of the 364th Fighter Group attend to a crashed P-51 Mustang at Honington, 13 April 1945. Printed caption on reverse: '71951 A.C. - Men of the 364th Fighter Group, 67th Fighter Wing, salvage useable parts from a wrecked North American P-51 (A/C 44-15726) at their U.S. Air Force Station F-375, Honington, England. 13 April 1945.'

Object number: FRE 3211 - Personnel of the 364th Fighter Group attend to a...

Pilots of the 364th Fighter Group with a P-51 at Honington in July 1945. Printed caption on reverse: '71841 AC- Pilots of Flight B of the 384th Fighter Squadron, 364th Fighter Group, 67th Fighter Wing, pose in front of a North American P-51 at the 8th Air Force Station F-375, Honnington [sic], England. 21 July 1945.'

Object number: FRE 552 - Pilots of the 364th Fighter Group with a P-51 at...

Personnel of the 364th Fighter Group stand in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 303rd Bomb Group at Honington in 1945. Printed caption on reverse: '71620 AC- Colgate Relay Crew of the 364th Fighter Group, 67th Fighter Wing at 8th AFS F-375, Honnington [sic], England. 5/7/45. U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO.'

Object number: FRE 553 - Personnel of the 364th Fighter Group stand in...

Object number: UPL 15420 - Plaque at 20 Belmont House, Thetford.

Object number: UPL 15421 - Outside the Council Offices at Thetford.

Object number: UPL 31014 - Lt Col George F Ceuleers 364th Fighter Group, 67th...