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A C-47 Skytrain (serial number 43-8386) of the 27th Transport Group and a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29780) nicknamed "Silver Queen" used as a hack by General Curtiss Le May. Double yellow bar on the tail of the C-47 marked the aircraft as a member of air service command, while the insignia on the nose is that of 27th Transport Group. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'C47 43-8386. Heston- 38D Silver Queen.'
A P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-75087) of the 27th Air Transport Group, 1944. Image via P Gandillet. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'P-47D-10-RE, 42-75087 Dijon, Sept 1944.'
P-51B 43-6623 "Spare Parts"
Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Second Lieutenant Floyd Smith of the 27th Air Transport Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The file contains copies of primary documents that discuss the return of personal effects, circumstances and causes of death, and memorialisation of the fallen airman. If you require access to the full, unedited file please contact Bill Beigel via his website, www.ww2research.com, or the AAM Team at aamwebsite@iwm.org.uk
"Members Of The 78Th Fighter Group Inspect A North American P-51 Which Crash Landed At 8Th Air Force Station F-357 Duxford, England. 23 September 1944." - 23 September 1944: This Mustang, carrying only the black ETO nose & tail bands, was on approach to land at Duxford when the engine quit. The accident report lists this aircraft's assignment (P-51D serial 44-14551) as the 310th Ferry Sq, 27th Air Transport Gp. It lists the pilot as 1st Lt J. E. Brasher - a good chance that it was Jerry E. Brasher, formerly of the 82nd Ftr Sq, 78th FG, and that this ship was a new delivery to the Group. NARA Ref 342-FH-3A15537-72408AC.
2nd Lt. David Reynolds Hughes
Missing Air Crew Report 12027
Officer ID Card, Raymond E. Davis
ID Card, William E. Kirwan
A P-51 Mustang (VQ-C_, serial number 43-12425) used as a hack plane by the 310th Ferry Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group.
8th Air Force Headquarters opened in London under the command of General Carl A Spaatz on 19 June 1942. It oversaw all Commands, Wings and Groups engaged in the Strategic Bombing Campaign until February 1944, when it became US Strategic Air Forces in...
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302d wing carried cargo and passengers within Great Britain and, later, to and from continental Europe, beginning in December 1943. Cargo included medical
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| Station | Location | Date |
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| Based | Abbots Ripton | |
| Based | Burtonwood | |
| Based | Cranford | |
| Based | Heston | |
| Based | Kenley | |
| Based | Langford Lodge | |
| Based | Prestwick | |
| Based | St Mawgan | |
| Based | Troston | |
| Based | Warton |
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 27th Air Transport Group
Died Non-Battle (DNB) - Killed on Take Off in a P-38 when he shut off fuel switch instead of booster pump.
Military | Sergeant | Engineer | 27th Air Transport Group
Crashed shortly after take off due to the mechanical failure of an engine on local flight on 4 Mar 1944 in B-26C #41-34893. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 27th Air Transport Group
Killed in Action (KIA). Crashed on landing after returning from a mercy mission to France.
Military | Technical Sergeant | 27th Air Transport Group
Killed in Action (KIA)
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 27th Air Transport Group
Killed in Action (KIA) A/C crashed into the Irish Sea for unknown reasons.
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot | 27th Air Transport Group
Col Allen flew with a special undercover group led by Col. Bernt Belchen to drop supplies into Norway. He was mistakenly shot down attempting a landing in Norway, by the Russians. They thought he was a German plane. He mistakenly flew over their...
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Fighter Pilot | 27th Air Transport Group
Assigned to 61FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 310FRS, 27ATG, 9AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Post War: Remained in USAF till retirement Oct 68.
Military | Flight Officer | Fighter Pilot | 27th Air Transport Group
Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF.
Transferred to 310th Ferry Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group, 8AF USAAF.
Transferred to Base Air Depot 2, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 27th Air Transport Group
16 November 1943 serving on transit group while on ferrying flight in P47 42-8384, become lost in snow storm and hit hill in Ayrshire. RTD.
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Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 27th Air Transport Group
KIA. A-20B # 41-3386
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P-51 Mustang
Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return on bomber escort to Swinemunde, coolant leak caused abandonment Mon, Denmark 12-Mar-45, pilot Maj John D Mcfarlane EVD.
P-51 Mustang
One of several fighters assigned to the 310th Ferry Squadron for use as a hack plane.
P-51 Mustang
P-47 Thunderbolt
Crashed at Pendle Hill, Clitheroe, Lancashire on 6th February 1944.
See more at : http://laituk.org/P-47%2042-22758.htm
Hurricane
18th Aug 1940 F/O Hartland de Montarville Molson [Montreal, Quebec], slightly injured in landing accident at RAF Station Hornchurch, Essex in Hurricane Mk I P3757 coded YO*G.
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Dominie
De Havilland DH89 Dominie X7454, impressed into RAF service, one of 6 Dominies transferred to the 8th AF USAAF.
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Dominie
De Havilland DH89 Dominie X7522, impressed into RAF service, one of 6 Dominies transferred to the 8th AF USAAF.
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Dominie
De Havilland DH89 Dominie X7523, impressed into RAF service, one of 6 Dominies transferred to the 8th AF USAAF.
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Dominie
De Havilland DH89 Dominie V4724, impressed into RAF service, one of 6 Dominies transferred to the 8th AF USAAF.
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Dominie
De Havilland DH89 Dominie X7403, impressed into RAF service, one of 6 Dominies transferred to the 8th AF USAAF.
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| 01 September 2017 13:51:53 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to unit part of associations, person associations and aircraft associations |
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| 22 October 2014 20:49:30 | Cater | Changes to type, air forces and aircraft types |
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By my site about the 302 transport wing. |
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| 27 September 2014 18:42:44 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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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