Unk Ganoe
Military | Colonel
Hull
Military site : non-airfield
A Quartermaster Truck Battalion base. Black GIs were based here.
Detailed history
Local memories of the camp put it to the south-east of Cottingham.
From US documents, researchers believe that about 250 US servicemen were based here in February 1944.
English Heritage's record description
Not yet known
Service
People
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Unk Grubb
Military | Colonel | Wing Commander
Wing Commander, 8th Air Force Combat Support Wing. Colonel Grubb conducted an inspection tour of 8th AF Combat Support Wing Installations commencing 1st Nov. 1943. At Col. Grubb's request he was accompanied by Colonel Ganoe. They were also... -
Clifton Lane
Military | Private
Lane was dishonourably discharged from the USAAF on 3 December 1943, and sentenced to 3 years hard labour for leaving his post and stealing a vehicle at the American and British Motor-pool in Hull on 1 November 1943.
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 06 February 2015 10:53:17 | Lucy May | Changes to latitude, longitude, description and history |
| Sources | ||
Researcher Duncan Simpson who writes: "Hull local information came from Andy Gwynne at the group 'Hull and East Riding at War'. I consider Andy to be a good researcher who has produced some reliable material, so I trust info that comes from him. Other local recollections include grandparents talking about black servicemen marching through the streets of Cottingham." |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:02:17 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / http://www.bjmjr.net/ww2/uk_33144.htm |
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