No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center
Unit
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
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center)
- Service Numbers: 12014594
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center)
- Service Numbers: O-808072
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center)
- Service Numbers: 18192003
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center 25th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center 92nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-680637, 18075555
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
Revisions
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)
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia