331st Service Group
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Cluntoe was built for the RAF in 1940-42, before being handed obver to the Eighth Air Force. It was used as a Combat Crew Replacement Centre for the training of crews, and was also home to the 311th Ferrying Squadron. It was closed after being handed back to the RAF, and re-opened in 1953. It was a Royal Navy reserve station from 1955-1957, before being sold and returned to agriculture and light industry. It is currently Ardboe Business Park.
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Redesignated from No 12 Combat Crew Replacement Center on 15 November 1943.
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Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator | 466th Bomb Group
Transferred Air Transport Command
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Tail Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Transferred 466th BG.
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator | 453rd Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 34th Bomb Group
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Gunner | 34th Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bomber Co-Pilot/Fighter Pilot | 34th Bomb Group
February 1945-April 1945; former bomber pilot.
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer | 453rd Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 453rd Bomb Group
Date | Contributor | Update |
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27 September 2014 18:02:16 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Roger Freeman, Mighty Eighth War Manual (London, 2001) David J. Smith, Action Stations 7: Military Airfields of Scotland, the North-east and Northern Ireland (Cambridge, 1989) |