79th Service Group

Group
media-56459.jpeg UPL 56459 Cpt. Hubert L. Stewart in Jeep w/Max his Boxer dog on ramp with P-47
Jeep bumper # - 8*74SVG * 378 - 5
Bert Stewart collection

Associated units based on jeep bumper markings, which also indicate photo was taken in the UK (due to present of 8 AF markings) in the 1940s. Removed caption suggesting image was taken in North Carolina in 1950s.

Object Number - UPL 56459 - Cpt. Hubert L. Stewart in Jeep w/Max his Boxer dog on ramp with P-47 Jeep bumper # - 8*74SVG * 378 - 5

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Duxford

Based

Raydon

Encompassing

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 79th Service Group 84th Service Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37135612
  • Role/Job: PS
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 79th Service Group 84th Service Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37087706
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: PS
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 79th Service Group 84th Service Group 96th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 33468466
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Instrument Specialist
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 79th Service Group
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 79th Service Group
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Group Commander

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 79th Service Group 87th Service Squadron
Glenn E. Duncan, on the left, and John B. Rose Jr. of the 353rd Fighter Group, stand beside the group's de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth, which Duncan had just crash-landed into the field. 1943-1944.
  • Aircraft Type: Tiger Moth
  • Nicknames: Dorothy
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 79th Service Group 15th Station Complement Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (79th Service Group)

Revisions

Date
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

Freeman, Mighty Eighth War Manual, p 130

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / 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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