No 2 Combat Crew Replacement Center

Unit

Redesignated from No 12 Combat Crew Replacement Center on 15 November 1943.

Assigned to VIII Composite Command on 14 February 1944

Transferred to Cluntoe on 28 February 1944, without personnel and equipment, and absorbed personnel and equipment formerly of No 4 CCRC

Assigned to Air Disarmament Command 16 September 1944 and transferred with out men and aircraft to Boreham. 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

Cheddington 15 November 1943

Based

Cluntoe 28 February 1944

Based

Boreham 16 September 1944

Previously was

Encompassing

People

Eddie E Abbott

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 2 Combat Crew Replacement Center Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (No 2 Combat Crew Replacement Center)
  • Highest Rank: Private
  • Role/Job: Clerk

Boyle K Adams

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 2 Combat Crew Replacement Center Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (No 2 Combat Crew Replacement Center)
  • Highest Rank: Private
  • Role/Job: Clerk

Daniel F Baird

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 2 Combat Crew Replacement Center Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (No 2 Combat Crew Replacement Center)
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Office Clerk

Calvin R Bayliff

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 2 Combat Crew Replacement Center Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (No 2 Combat Crew Replacement Center)
  • Highest Rank: Private First Class
  • Role/Job: Office Clerk

Anthony E Bolino

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 2 Combat Crew Replacement Center Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (No 2 Combat Crew Replacement Center)
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Office Clerk

Revisions

Date2 Dec 2019 14:45:10
ContributorEmily
Sources

Brought together information from duplicate record with 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 14:42:03
ContributorEmily
Sources

Freeman, Mighty Eighth War Manual, pp118-125

Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:43
ContributorAAM
Sources

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