Headquarters (65th Fighter Wing)

Headquarters

The operations room of the 65th Fighter Wing at Saffron-Walden. Printed caption on reverse: '60493 AC- Plotting table in the operations room of the 65th Fighter Wing, Saffron-Walden, Essex, England. US Air Force photo.'

media-456690.jpg FRE 9818 The operations room of the 65th Fighter Wing at Saffron-Walden. Printed caption on reverse: '60493 AC- Plotting table in the operations room of the 65th Fighter Wing, Saffron-Walden, Essex, England. US Air Force photo.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 9818 - The operations room of the 65th Fighter Wing at Saffron-Walden. Printed caption on reverse: '60493 AC- Plotting table in the operations room of the...

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Unit stations

Station	Location	Date
Based	Saffron Walden

People

Captain Henry W "Baby" Brown and Lieutenant-Colonel Claiborn H "Zoot" Kinnard Jr of the 355th Fighter Group with Brown's P-51 Mustang (WR-Z, serial number 42-106448) nicknamed "The Hun Hunter ~ Texas". Image stamped and signed on reverse to pass base censorship. First handwritten caption on reverse: 'HW Brown (Left) & unknown commander 355 FG.' Second handwritten caption on reverse, in different script, refers to the "unknown commander": 'He is Lt Col Kinnard.'

Claiborne Holmes Kinnard

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 355th Fighter Group 356th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron 360th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (355th Fighter Group) Headquarters (4th Fighter Group) Headquarters (65th Fighter Wing)
Service Numbers: O-383753
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Pilot / Commanding Officer

Einar A Malmstrom

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 65th Fighter Wing 356th Fighter Group Headquarters (365th Fighter Group) Headquarters (65th Fighter Wing)
Service Numbers: O-287409
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel

John T McDonnell

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 65th Fighter Wing 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron Headquarters (65th Fighter Wing)
Service Numbers: O-811941
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Henry Oczkowski

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 65th Fighter Wing 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron Headquarters (65th Fighter Wing)
Service Numbers: O-814743
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant

Charles H Schreiber

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron Headquarters (65th Fighter Wing)
Service Numbers: T-190930
Highest Rank: Flight Officer
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

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Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:53

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Sources

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)