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Battalion
James Waddell, Airfield Engineer, 847th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
Headquarters
Eighth Air Force Headquarters became USSTAF in February 1944 and oversaw all Strategic Air Force activities in the European, African and Middle Eastern Theatre of Operations, particularly the operations of the Eighth and Fifteenth Air Forces.
Headquarters
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Based | Tibenham | |
| Based | West Monkton |
Military | Second Lieutenant | Platoon Commander | 445th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Platoon Commander | 445th Bomb Group
Military | Captain | Company Commander | 445th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Supply Officer | 445th Bomb Group
Supply
Civilian
Carl Giles was a cartoonist for the newspaper Daily Express.
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Military | Captain | Surgeon | 445th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Platoon Commander | 445th Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Administrative Officer | 445th Bomb Group
Military | Airfield Engineer.
James was a member of a unit responsible for building airfields.
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 September 2014 18:42:54 | 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) |
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