438th Troop Carrier Group
Group
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Myron E Kingry
Military
Assigned to 64TCG, 12AF USAAF in North Africa and then Sicily. Transferred to 90TCS, 438TCG, 9AF USAAF. Flew as co-pilot on lead plane on D-Day drop.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Medically retired from Strategic Air Command USAF in 1957.
Service
Units served with
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64th Troop Carrier Group
Group
The Group trained with the Eighth Air Force flying from Ramsbury, Wiltshire. The Group was reassigned to the Twelfth Air Force on 14 September 1942. Its first mission was dropping paratroops into French North-West Africa, at Maison Blanche, Algeria on... -
90th Troop Carrier Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-23932
C-47 Skytrain
Assigned to 90TCS, 438TCG, 9AF USAAF. Damage beyond Economic repair in crash at Midgham, Reading. 10-Apr-44.
Associated Place
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Greenham Common
Military site : airfield
Built for the RAF in 1942 as an Operational Training Unit, it was handed over to the Eighth Air Force in 1942, and was the 51st Troop Carrier Wing's HQ in 1942. Greenham Common became a Ninth Air Force base in 1943, and was then home to a series of...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Alabama, USA | 23 March 1918 |
| Enlisted | Fort Barrancas, 3182 Taylor Rd, Pensacola, FL 32508, USA | 6 March 1941 |
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Fort Barrancas |
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| Based | Dar El Beïda, Algeria | 1943 – 1944 |
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Assigned to 64TCG, 12AF USAAF. Maison Blanche, Algeria. |
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| Based | Greenham Common | 1944 – January 1945 |
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Transferred to 90TCS, 438TCG, 9AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Auburn, WA, USA | 30 October 2000 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 08 June 2017 16:19:30 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/page/52825827_myron_e%20kingry/details/ |
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