US Strategic Air Forces Service Command
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Group
The 27th Air Transport Group and the 31st Air Transport Group were unique in the ETO and operated differently from other US Army Air Force units.
As the war progressed, it became apparent there was not a cohesive structure in place to serve the transportation, medevac and combat cargo needs across the theater. The logistics involved in supplying Patton’s drive across Europe was nothing short of miraculous. The 27th ATG started life in the 8th Air Force to handle ferry and transport services. It ultimately ended up under the 302nd Transport Wing, along with the 31st ATG, under USSTAF, serving the supply and transport needs of the European Theater of Operations (ETO) and beyond. The 31st ATG was formed under the 9th Air Force. The 27th ATG was made up of the 86th, 87th, 320th, and 321st Transport Squadrons, and the 310th, 311th, 312th, 325th and the 2920th (Provisional) Ferrying Squadrons. By late 1944 the 311th and 312th were functioning as C-47 transport squadrons. There were also two Service Squadrons, the 519th and the 520th.
Wing
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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Headquarters
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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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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Commendation from General Spaatz for operations during the Battle of The Bulge: "With great satisfaction I desire to commend the Air Service Command and the 302nd Transport Wing. In particular, the effective manner in which they met an emergency on December 24th in transporting troops from Istres to (Destination was classified but was s forward air strip near Verdun.) The late hour when this project was received, the collection and dispatching of aircraft, and the accomplishment of the mission in minimum time reveals a high degree of organization and management. The manner which the mission was performed reflects not only on Air Service Command, but the Air Forces in Europe at large. The 302nd Transport Wing is commanded by Colonel Martin A. Bateman of Camden, South Carolina."
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25 April 2022 15:46:37 | 27ATG | Changes to citations, description, air forces and aircraft types |
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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) |