George Crowell
Military | Colonel | Fighter pilot | 55th Fighter Group
Assigned to HQ Sqn, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Military
Military | Colonel | Fighter pilot | 55th Fighter Group
Assigned to HQ Sqn, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Captain | Fighter Pilot | 55th Fighter Group
Claire Porter served as a P-38 pilot with the 343rd Fighter Squadron of the 55th Fighter Group. On 16 June 1944, while strafing gun emplacement, his P-38 #43-28713 was hit by flak and crashed near Oisemont. Porter survived and was taken as a Prisoner...
Military | Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot, Pilot | 55th Fighter Group
Killed in Action (KIA) near Virelles in P-51 44-13612
Group
The 479th was the last Fighter Group to join the Eighth Air Force, which they did on 14 May 1944. Known as "Riddle's Raiders", after their first Commanding Officer Lt. Col. Kyle L. Riddle, the Group flew escort and fighter sweep missions before D-Day....
Group
The 55th Fighter Group were the first P-38 Lightning Group to go fully operational from England. The pilots flew long-range escort missions for bombers flying over occupied Europe and racked up 'kills' of their own by destroying enemy aircraft in...
Squadron
Squadron
P-51 Mustang
Date | Contributor | Update |
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10 January 2021 17:48:17 | Wick's Niece | Changes to service number |
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Serial number is listed in multiple War Department Missing Air Crew reports. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
10 January 2021 16:34:26 | Wick's Niece | Changes to person associations |
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On 16 June 1944, Lt. Henry R. Wickenden (my uncle), was flying Blue four on Lt. Porter's wing. He saw his plane get hit by flack and go down near Oisemont Airfield, France. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
09 January 2021 22:26:54 | Wick's Niece | Changes to awards and person associations |
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Service records, news articles, and photos in the possession of his children. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:12:45 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.55th.org roster |