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

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Saffron Walden

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 65th Fighter Wing 355th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (65th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: O-812494
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 4th Fighter Group 310th Ferry Squadron 335th Fighter Squadron 336th Fighter Squadron 52nd Fighter Control Squadron Headquarters (65th Fighter Wing) No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-885180
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 65th Fighter Wing 355th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (65th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: O-821615
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
John W Vogt of the 56th Fighter Group.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group Headquarters Squadron (356th Fighter Group) 360th Fighter Squadron 63rd Fighter Squadron Headquarters (65th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: 12029380 / O-659342
  • Highest Rank: General
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot / Commander / CIC of U.S. Pacific & European Air Forces
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: VIII Fighter Command 65th Fighter Wing 356th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (VIII Fighter Command) Headquarters (65th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: O-373835
  • Highest Rank: Major

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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)

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