VIII Fighter Command
Command
VIII Fighter Command was established as VIII Interceptor Command at Selfridge Field on 2 February 1942.
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Squadron
Command
VIII Fighter Command was established as VIII Interceptor Command at Selfridge Field on 2 February 1942.
Detachment
Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Martlesham Heath |
Military | Sergeant | Ground Crew | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Military | 2122nd Fire (Aviation) Fire Fighting Platoon
2122ND E(A)FFP records page 1818 from 54th to 2122nd
Military | 2122nd Fire (Aviation) Fire Fighting Platoon - Tec5
Platoon Records Page 0289 20/01/44 - and 04/06/44 To Tech 5th Grade. this early to arrival records are very sparse, he obviously carried out taining in his spare time to get the advancement!
Military | 2122nd Fire (Aviation) Fire Fighting Platoon - Tec5
Page 0298 20/01/1944 to 2122Plt E(A)FFP. 04/06/1944 To Tech5th grade
Military | First Lieutenant | Fire Marshall 21/02/44 - 2122nd EAFFP. Aug 44 to ETOUSA | 356th Fighter Group
1st Lt William J. Dodd arrived at Martlesham Heath as a member of the 54th Company Squadron, an administration operation. On 21/02/1944 he was MADE Station Fire Marshall which included becoming the CO of 2122nd Engineer (Aviation) Fire Fighting Platoon...
Military | 356th Fighter Group
Military | Private | Airfield Controller | 356th Fighter Group
Pvt. Girasek was killed on 22nd Oct. 1943 by an incoming P-47D plane while on duty as Airfield Controller.
Military | 356th Fighter Group
Military | 2122nd Fire (Aviation) Fire Fighting Platoon - Tec5
Military | 2122nd Fire (Aviation) Fire Fighting Platoon - Tec5
Reported in to 2122 Plt Page 0208 20/01/44 Platoon records at station F-369 - 356th Fighter Group. www.mhas.org.uk
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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27 September 2014 18:42:50 | AAM | AAM ingest |
Sources | ||
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / 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) |