VIII Fighter Command
Command
VIII Fighter Command was established as VIII Interceptor Command at Selfridge Field on 2 February 1942.
Company
Command
VIII Fighter Command was established as VIII Interceptor Command at Selfridge Field on 2 February 1942.
Wing
Detachment
Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Kings Cliffe | |
Based | Wormingford |
Military | Technical Sergeant | Communications Supply Technician (MOS 581) | 55th Fighter Group
Arnold Abalos was born in Mexico and emigrated to the United States with his parents at age 8 or 9. The family settled in Elko, Nevada. Arnold enlisted in November 1941 and served overseas with the 1029th Signal Company, attached to the 55th Fighter...
Military | Private First Class | 55th Fighter Group
Military | Corporal (Technician Fifth Grade) | 55th Fighter Group
Military | Sergeant | 55th Fighter Group
Military | Sergeant | 55th Fighter Group
Military | Corporal (Technician Fifth Grade) | 55th Fighter Group
Military | Corporal (Technician Fifth Grade) | 55th Fighter Group
Military | Corporal (Technician Fifth Grade) | 55th Fighter Group
Military | Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) | 55th Fighter Group
Military | Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) | 55th Fighter Group
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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) |