IX Air Force Service Command
Command
The IX Air Force Service Command performed two functions: supplying the Ninth Air Force, and maintenance and major repair of airplanes and other equipment.
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100th Fighter Wing
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IX Fighter Command
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IX Tactical Air Command
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XIX Air Support Command
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XIX Tactical Air Command
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XXIX Tactical Air Command
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309th Service Group
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326th Service Group
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354th Fighter Group
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The Group moved to England in the autumn of 1943 and was assigned to the Ninth Air Force in December 1943. The Group were the first to fly P-51 Mustangs operationally and in their bomber escort missions pushed to find the long-range limits of the... -
362nd Fighter Group
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The Group trained in P-47s and moved to England in November 1943. Arriving earlier than many other Ninth Air Force fighter groups, the pilots main occupation was escort work for heavy bombers. The Group's first mission on 8 February 1944 was one... -
363rd Fighter Group
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Equipped with P-51s, the Group entered combat from England in February 1944, flying bomber escort and ground-strafing missions. They took part in the invasion of Normandy, protecting gliders and troop carriers on 6 and 7 June. In September 1944, now... -
371st Fighter Group
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405th Fighter Group
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The 405th Fighter Group was a fighter bomber unit of the United States Army Air Force in World War II. They group flew P-47 Thunderbolts in the European Theater of Operations (ETO) starting with the buildup to the Invasion of Normandy ("D-Day") through... -
406th Fighter Group
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21st Weather Squadron
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Albert Wiest
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Repairman
MOS: 953 - Radio Repairman, Reporting Equipment. Assigned to the 57th Signal Aircraft Warning Detachment (Close Control), Company "B", 563rd Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion.
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| 25 February 2015 17:16:56 | rossingtonj | Changes to type |
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| 27 September 2014 18:42:44 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980) |
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