XIX Tactical Air Command
Command
Object Number - UPL 17744 - F-6C (P-51C) 42-103222 Lt. Stanley Canner of the 12th TRS was piloting this Mustang over German occupied territory in France 14 July 1944 when he was...
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Encompassing
- Unit Hierarchy: Wing
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Transport
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Battalion
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Other
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: XIX Tactical Air Command 368th Fighter Squadron 397th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16134847 / O-704660
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: XIX Tactical Air Command 362nd Fighter Group 379th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-694057
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: XIX Tactical Air Command 354th Fighter Group 355th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12137913 / O?
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: XIX Tactical Air Command 367th Fighter Group 394th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6989144 / O-403940
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: XIX Tactical Air Command 100th Fighter Wing 563rd Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
- Service Numbers: 12187689
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Repairman
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: XIX Tactical Air Command 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
- Aircraft Type: F-6 Mustang
- Unit: XIX Tactical Air Command 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: XIX Tactical Air Command 367th Fighter Group 394th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: XIX Tactical Air Command 368th Fighter Group 397th Fighter Squadron
Mission
- Date: 8 May 1945
- Official Description: IX and XIX TACs patrol Leipzig, Chemnitz, Adorf and Linz areas, and fly sweeps and demonstration missions.
- Date: 7 May 1945
- Official Description: XIX TAC flies sweeps over East Germany and Western Czechoslovakia and carries out demonstration flights over Prisoner of War camps
- Date: 4 May 1945
- Official Description: IX TAC flies patrols and armed reconnaissance, XIX TAC flies patrols and armed reconnaissance and operates in concert with XII Corps assault on Linz, and with XX Corps which crosses the Inn R and pushes E and SE. XXIX TAC sweeps Dessau and Wittenberg...
- Date: 3 May 1945
- Official Description: 132 A-26’s (on final 9th Bomb Div raid) bomb Stod ammo plant. IX TAC escorts 9th Bomb Div and C47’s and flies A/F cover. XIX TAC patrols US Third Army front, flies armed Reconaissance over Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia in frontline areas and...
- Date: 1 May 1945
- Official Description: 9 A-26’s bomb ammo plant at Stod. IX TAC escorts Light Bombers, flies airfield cover, and patrols Leipzig to Schwarzenberg area. XIX TAC flies patrols and armed reconnaissance over East Germany, West Czechoslovakia, and Austria, dive-bombs...
Revisions
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Sources
Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
