67th Fighter Wing

Wing
Personnel of the 364th Fighter Group stand in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 303rd Bomb Group at Honington in 1945. Printed caption on reverse: '71620 AC- Colgate Relay Crew of the 364th Fighter Group, 67th Fighter Wing at 8th AFS F-375, Honnington [sic], England. 5/7/45. U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO.' media-377253.jpg FRE 553 Personnel of the 364th Fighter Group stand in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 303rd Bomb Group at Honington in 1945. Printed caption on reverse: '71620 AC- Colgate Relay Crew of the 364th Fighter Group, 67th Fighter Wing at 8th AFS F-375, Honnington [sic], England. 5/7/45. U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 553 - Personnel of the 364th Fighter Group stand in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 303rd Bomb Group at Honington in 1945. Printed caption on...

Commanding Officers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 67th Fighter Wing 359th Fighter Group Headquarters (359th Fighter Group) Headquarters (67th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: O-21598
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Headquarters, Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 65th Fighter Wing 4th Fighter Group Headquarters (4th Fighter Group) Headquarters (65th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: O-17932
  • Highest Rank: Brigadier General
  • Role/Job: Commanding General
General Anderson, Russ Zoan, General Booth, Colonel Osborne and General Dootlittle at Honington, home of the 364th Fighter Group. First handwritten caption on reverse: 'Standing next to Gen Dootlittle Col Roy W Osborne, Commander of 364th Fighter Group, Honington Air Base.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: 'The Lt in from 364th FG also something like Greenlin.'
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 67th Fighter Wing 364th Fighter Group Headquarters (364th Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-21522
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Commanding Officer; pilot

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Walcot Hall 26 August 1943

Based

Troston 25 October 1943 - 21 September 1945

Encompassing

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 67th Fighter Wing 20th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 79th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18082786 / O-756452
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 67th Fighter Wing 20th Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (67th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: O-812363
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 67th Fighter Wing 356th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Squadron Headquarters (67th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: 15113992 / O-714870
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 67th Fighter Wing 352nd Fighter Group 361st Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 496th Fighter Training Group 376th Fighter Squadron 487th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18110192 / O-705544
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 67th Fighter Wing 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (67th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: T-123691 / O-1998573
  • Highest Rank: Flight Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: We Three
  • Unit: 67th Fighter Wing 352nd Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron

Revisions

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Air Force Combat Units of World War II

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / 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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