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A-68 Juvincourt Airfield
Ralph Castetter (armorer) with Lt. Allen J. Diefendorf in P-38 676. Juvincourt, France, 1944.
P-38 676 "Lady on a P-38" 367th Fighter Group, 392nd Fighter Squadron Lt. Allen J. Diefendorf
P-38J-25-LO #44-23578 "Philbert 3" Code: 4N- 367th Fighter Group - 394th Fighter Squadron - 9th AF Pilot and 394th FS Commander Major Charles Matheson 3rd from left
P-38J-25-LO #44-23577 "Omar" 367th FG - 392nd FS - 9th AF
A-20 Havoc Light Bomber "Mama Lou" with the 410th Bomb Group's 647th Bomb Squadron Medical team.
Original scrapbook basic training portrait of Ray A Jelle, sharpened version, and sharpened and colorized version completed by Eric Jelle 2020
"FRANCE-If Allied bombing hadn't been too thorough, this hangar at a former German Air Base in France, now serving as a base for a 9th Tactical Air Command fighter group, might have housed the 9th Air Force Republic P-47 Thunderbolt pictured here."
"Bomb damaged Nazi aircraft at a captured airbase in France. This base is now being used by the 410th Bomb Group." - A wrecked Me-110G night fighter lies with its Ju-88C cousins of III./NJG4 on Juvincourt airfield (A-68), France in the fall of 1944. - B-26 code appears to be PN- which would be a 449BS, 322BG 9AF A/C.
"Bomb damaged Nazi aircraft* at a captured airbase in France. This base is now being used by the 410th Bomb Group." *Me110 Nightfighter. - A-26 Invader, B-17 Flying Fortress, AT-17 Bobcat and L-5 Sentinel in background.
Under American control, Ninth Air Force used the base for several units from 7 September 1944 until closing the base in July 1945. Known units assigned were:[12]
439th Troop Carrier Group, 8–28 September 1944 (C-47 Skytrain)
404th Fighter Group, 13 September-4 October 1944 (P-47 Thunderbolt)
365th Fighter Group, 15 September-4 October 1944 (P-47 Thunderbolt)
36th Fighter Group, 1–27 October 1944 (P-47 Thunderbolt)
367th Fighter Group, 28 October 1944 – 1 February 1945 (P-38 Lightning)
368th Fighter Group, 27 December 1944 – 5 January 1945 (P-47 Thunderbolt)
410th Bombardment Group, February–May 1945 (A-20 Havoc)
Each group had three or four combat squadrons of aircraft assigned to the airfield, making Juvincourt one of the largest and most active USAAF fields on the continent. Attacks on German ground forces, bridges, airfields still in Luftwaffe hands, railroads and any target of opportunity of the German forces were targets of the Thunderbolts as the ground forces moved east into Luxembourg and past the Siegfried Line into Germany.[13] In addition, the Royal Air Force also utilized Juvincourt, units and aircraft are yet to be determined.
With the war ended, Juvincourt became largely a transport airfield, being used by the RAF also for repatriation of English, Australian and New Zealand prisoners of war. These transfers were made by Lancasters of No 463 and 467 Squadrons, RAAF together with 186 and 50 Squadrons RAF. (operation Exodus)
The airfield was returned to French control on 2 July 1945.
Not yet known
Group
The Group, as the 36th Pursuit Group, were part of the defence force for the Caribbean area and the Panama Canal in 1941, flying P-39s and P-40s out of Puerto Rico. By May 1944 the 36th Fighter Group were flying their first missions out of England...
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A unit history of the 404th Fighter Group is available online as a pdf:
http://www.winkton.net/Leap%20Off/LeapOffPdf3.pdf
Group
The Group moved to England in December 1943 as part of the Ninth Air Force. Flying P-47s, the Group took part in missions over northern France designed to weaken Germany's ability to repulse the planned Allied invasion of summer 1944. After the...
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367TH FIGHTER GROUP
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Group
The 368th Fighter Group flew P-47s in combat from England from March 1944. In the days after D-Day the Group supported Allied ground troops fighting in the Cherbourg penisula and then around St. Lo. The Group received a DUC for flying seven missions in...
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Military | Captain | Fighter Pilot | 404th Fighter Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 365th Fighter Group
Military | Captain | Fighter Pilot | 365th Fighter Group
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | fighter pilot | 368th Fighter Group
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Aircraft Crew Chief | 365th Fighter Group
Retired from the USAF with the rank of Master Sergeant
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | 365th Fighter Group
Military | Captain | Pilot | 365th Fighter Group
On DS (detached service) for operational training. Flew four missions with the 335th Fighter Squadron.
Awards: DFC, AM (13OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Captain | Fighter Pilot | 365th Fighter Group
Military | Captain | Fighter Pilot | 365th Fighter Group
Military | Corporal (5th Grade) | 365th Fighter Group
P-47 Thunderbolt
P-47 Thunderbolt
P-47 Thunderbolt
P-38 Lightning
P-38 Lightning
P-38 Lightning
P-47 Thunderbolt
P-38 Lightning
P-47 Thunderbolt
P-38 Lightning
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| 02 July 2015 02:28:32 | 466thHistorian | Created entry with name, number, latitude, longitude, usaaf from date, usaaf to date, construction date and history |
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