No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center

Unit

Object Number - UPL 32491 - "McKenzie King Prime Minister of Canada is interviewed after his arrival at 1st Combat Crew Replacement Center in England 27-Apr-44. AAF Station 112."

Redesignated from No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center on 12 November 1943.

Assigned to VIII Composite Command on 14 February 1944

Assigned to Air Disarmament Command 16 September 1944 and transferred with out men and aircraft to Chipping Ongar. There the unit undertook disarmament of captured enemy aircraft and disposal of captured equipment to gain intelligence on Luftwaffe and German aviation technology. Theatre indoctrination duties were transferred to combat units.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Bovingdon 12 November 1943

Based

Chipping Ongar 16 September 1944

Previously was

Encompassing

People

Otto H Ahlers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center 25th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
Combat crew no. 123 stand in front of B-17 Knucklehead.

Albeny J Blanchard

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center 25th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 11057785
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner

John Paul Buchanan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center 25th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 15082133
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer

Raymond A Coats

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center 25th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Bernard Cohen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center 25th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner

Aircraft

41-6364

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Lady Jacquelyn on tail coded 41-6364WW code HL-D removed
  • Unit: No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center)
A bomber crew of the 303rd Bomb Group, with their B-17 Flying Fortress (GN-V, serial number 42-2966), after a raid on Germany. From left to right they are: Sergeant Ward W. Kirkpatrick (Kalispel, Montana); Technical Sergeant Lucian W. Means, (Luguna Beach, California); First Lieutenant Milton K. Conver (Cincinnatti, Ohio); Second Lieutenant John W Dillenger (Avoca, Iowa), Co-Pilot; Captain B.B. Southworth (Columbus, Ohio), Pilot; Sergeant Jack Belk (Temple, Texas); Sergeant William Fleming (Burdine, Kentu

42-2966

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron

42-30131

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date2 Dec 2019 16:18:24
ContributorEmily
ChangesChanges to unit part of associations and aircraft associations
Sources

Brought together information from duplicate record to include information from: 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)

Date2 Dec 2019 13:59:12
ContributorEmily
ChangesChanges to type, category, name, description, air forces, aircraft types, unit encompassing associations and stations
Sources

Freeman, Mighty Eighth War Manual, pp118-125.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:43
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

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

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