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.
Division
The groups under the command of the 2nd Bomb Wing came under the command of the 2nd Bomb Division in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 2nd Air Division.
Wing
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Squadron
What was known as the Air Sea Rescue Squadron, which had been formed in May 1944, was redesignated the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron in January 1945.The Squadron flew its first operation on 10 May 1944. The Group flew 3616 sorties, 3520 being effective...
Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Boxted | 1 May 1944 – 16 January 1945 |
Based | Halesworth | 16 January 1945 – May 1945 |
Military | Second Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 56th Fighter Group
Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 5th ERS.
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 353rd Fighter Group
First lieutenant in the Air Force during World War II, assigned to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron. Flew 90 European missions and received both the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal (5 OLC), as well as...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot
Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 83FS, 78FG 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron. End of War.
Awards: WWII Victory.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 4th Fighter Group
Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 5th ERS. Transferred to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 56th Fighter Group
Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 5th ERS.
Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 56th Fighter Group
Assigned to 61FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.
Transferred to 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 339th Fighter Group
Assigned to 505FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Detached Service (DS) with 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron. Returned to 505FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Berlin. Engine failure in P-51 44-13370 led to bale out near Steinhuder Lake,...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 352nd Fighter Group
Assigned to 486FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 5ERS, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 555FTS, 496FTG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 5ERS, 8AF USAAF. Killed following mid-air collision with B-24 42-50359 'TARFU' from Seething 13-Mar-45.
Awards: PH
Military | Flight Officer | Fighter Pilot | 56th Fighter Group
Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron. Re-assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. EOW.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Fighter pilot | 359th Fighter Group
Assigned to 370FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron.
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P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 368FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 5ERS, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) rescue mission last seen struggling on instruments in adverse weather conditions 20 miles NE of Southwold over North sea. Pilot 1Lt John W Clark Killed in...
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 61st FS, 56th FG, 8th AF, transferred to 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron. New code 5F-I [42-75154W] W = War Weary.
P-47 Thunderbolt
Collided with another during mock combat over Fritton Lake, Somerleyton, Suffolk. Both pilots were killed.
P-47 Thunderbolt
Collided with another during mock combat over Fritton Lake, Somerleyton, Suffolk.
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 360FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron.
Transferred 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 376FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron, 65 Fighter Wing, 8AF USAAF War Weary. Personal aircraft of 1st Lt Richard R Akard Jr.
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 5th ERS, 65FW, 8AF USAAF. Lost 13-Mar-45. Lt Thomas E Barket killed following mid-air collision with B-24 42-50359 'TARFU' from Seething.
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron, 8AF USAAF. Personal aircraft of Lt Peter Voninski (5ERS). Transferred War Weary to 435FS, 479FG, 8AF USAAF.
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 368FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron.
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 328FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Personal aircraft of Lt Edmund Zellner. Transferred to 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron.
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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01 July 2016 09:24:22 | Lucy May | Changes to stations |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
09 April 2015 02:34:58 | EMBLEMHUNTER | Changes to media associations |
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my art |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
18 February 2015 14:35:45 | Al_Skiff | Changes to air forces and media associations |
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USAAF Photo. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:42:50 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |