Ramitelli

Airfield

media-24782.jpeg UPL 24782 Ramitelli Airfield, Italy
Home of the 332nd Fighter Group

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Object Number - UPL 24782 - Ramitelli Airfield, Italy Home of the 332nd Fighter Group

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Detailed History

Ramitelli air field was a temporary airfield southeast of Campomarino in the north of Apulia, Italy.

The airfield was built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in early 1944, as part of the Foggia Airfield Complex, a series of World War II military airfields located within a 25 mile (40 km) radius of Foggia. It had a single runway and made use of farmhouses around the airfield as operations buildings. It became the home base for the Fifteenth Air Foces 332nd Fighter Group, the 'Tuskegee Airmen'. They used the airfield until the end of the war, and served with distinction in their red tailed P-47 Thunderbolts and P-51 Mustangs. After 15 May 1945 the airfield was used by 523rd Air Service Group and 949 Air Engineering Squadron. It closed in Oct 1945, after which it was dismantled.

People

Lee A Archer

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 332nd Fighter Group 302nd Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-809236
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Fred Lorenzo Brewer

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 332nd Fighter Group 100th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 34462478 / O-824827
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Roscoe Conkling Brown

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 332nd Fighter Group 100th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-824828
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot / Squadron Commander

James Albert Calhoun

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 332nd Fighter Group 100th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-824830
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Lawrence Everett Dickson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 332nd Fighter Group 100th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 12124614 / O-798945
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Aircraft

An F-6 Mustang of the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group in flight. Handwritten on reverse: 'P-51C, 15th TRS, 10th PRG. "Not For Publication. Tom Ivie.'

42-103443

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Unit: 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron 332nd Fighter Group 302nd Fighter Squadron