VIII Fighter Command
Command
VIII Fighter Command was established as VIII Interceptor Command at Selfridge Field on 2 February 1942.
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326th Signal Company
Company
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326th Signal Company Wing at Camp Pinedale
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Page 2 of the October 1945 Roster,326th Signal Company Wing
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Norman William Hall, 1939 Yearbook Photograph.
Created at Camp Pinedale, California, the unit left for England on November 12th, arriving at Liverpool on November 19th. It oversaw signals for the 67th Fighter Wing starting December 10th, 1943, with their headquarters located at Walcot Hall, Lincolnshire. The 326th would later be detached from VIII Fighter Command and be attached to the 1st Bomb Division.
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1st Bomb Division
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The groups under the command of the 1st Bomb Wing came under the command of the 1st Bomb Division in August 1943. In December 1944, the Division was redesginated the 1st Air Division. -
67th Fighter Wing
Wing
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Norman Hall
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Signal Corps
Norman Hall married Gillian Conyers Lowe, a native of Lincolnshire, England on September 4th, 1946. The couple would move back to Rhode Island by 1947, where he remained the rest of his life, living in Newport and later Middletown until his death in...
Stations
| Station | Location | Date |
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| Established | Camp Pinedale | 10 January 1943 |
| Transited through | Liverpool | 19 November 1943 |
| Based | Walcot Hall | 1 December 1943 |
| Assigned to 1st Bomb Division | 15 September 1944 |
Connections
People
Citations
Distinguished Unit Badge (from paper "Commendations, 67th Fighter Wing to 326th Signal Company Wing")
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 06 January 2021 06:17:28 | CastleBren | Changes to citations and aircraft types |
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Edits to "Citations" and "Aircraft Types" based on unit records |
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| 05 January 2021 18:50:47 | austin perry | Changes to citations and aircraft types |
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Other edits I forgot/found out. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 03 January 2021 06:53:04 | CastleBren | Changes to stations |
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326th memorandums and unit records |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 03 January 2021 06:53:03 | CastleBren | Changes to type, description, aircraft types, unit encompassing associations and stations |
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326th memorandums and unit records |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 24 December 2020 18:17:40 | austin perry | Changes to citations, description and aircraft types |
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Credo library, search term "326th signal company wing" |
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| 27 September 2014 18:42:58 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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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