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Article from Headquarters, Ninth Air Force, Allied Expeditionary Air Forces, Public Relations Office about Lt. Larry "Scrappy" Blumer July 1944 page 1 of 2

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Units

367th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Headquarters (367th Fighter Group)

Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
Air Force: Ninth Air Force

Second World War higher formation badge for the United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe (USSTAF). The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved by a US War Department radiogram dated 21 December 1944 and formal approval by the Quartermaster General was granted on 27 December 1944. The Command was formed on 1 January 1944 at Bushey Park, England under Lieutenant-General Carl Spaatz. It was administratively responsible for all US Army Air Forces in the UK and later for operational control of the 8th and 15

US Strategic Air Forces

Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
Type Category: Combat organisation

People

Laurence Elroy Blumer

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 357th Fighter Group 367th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Squadron 393rd Fighter Squadron 711th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 19094727 / O-740351
Highest Rank: Major
Role/Job: Fighter pilot

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Date: 8 Apr 2019 02:39:46

ContributorBuckShot

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