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.' media-377253.jpg 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 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.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

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

Ernest B Shepard

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 67th Fighter Wing 364th Fighter Group 384th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (67th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: O-790723
  • Highest Rank: Captain

Charles T Stinson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 67th Fighter Wing 364th Fighter Group 383rd Fighter Squadron Headquarters (67th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: T-125855
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer

Vincent R Stockton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 67th Fighter Wing 20th Fighter Group 359th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (20th Fighter Group) Headquarters (359th Fighter Group) Headquarters (67th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: O-743532
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
First Lieutenant Thomas F. Hetherington of the 20th Fighter Group explains a manoeuvre to First Lieutenant Richard T. Stovall at Kings Cliffe air base, October 1943. Printed caption attached to print: 'Lightnings Attack Northern France. Versatile P-38 Lightnings, flashing their power across the English Channel for the first time in a combat role, bring new serial phase into the European Theatre of Operations. Well-trained pilots - some of them already experienced in the other theatres of war - and ground

Richard T Stovall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 67th Fighter Wing 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron 77th Fighter Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (20th Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-496105
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant

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

Aircraft

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Air Force Combat Units of World War II

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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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