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2017th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon

Platoon

  • Personnel of the of the 2017th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon attend to the burning wreck of a P-51 Mustang (P-51D 44-14034 5Y-U) that crashed on take-off, colliding with B-17G 42-107226, at Honington on 30th July 1944. The pilot of the aircraft, Lieutenant James R Korecky, of the 384th Fighter Squadron, 364th Fighter Group, was killed. This P-51 was assigned to Major Robert E Lacy and was named

    Personnel of the of the 2017th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon attend to the burning wreck of a P-51 Mustang (P-51D 44-14034 5Y-U) that crashed on take-off, colliding with B-17G 42-107226, at Honington on 30th July 1944. The pilot of the aircraft, Lieutenant James R Korecky, of the 384th Fighter Squadron, 364th Fighter Group, was killed. This P-51 was assigned to Major Robert E Lacy and was named "Jackie".

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Activated 1 July, 1943 at Bradley Field, CT
Deactivated 15 April, 1945

Structure

Part of
  • VIII Fighter Command

    VIII Fighter Command

    Command
    VIII Fighter Command was established as VIII Interceptor Command at Selfridge Field on 2 February 1942.

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Stations

Station Location Date
Based Honington

Citations

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Air Force
8th
Type
Service or support
Type category
Air base
Nicknames
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Motto
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Insignia
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Revisions

Date Contributor Update
13 November 2016 20:04:36 usaeff Changes to type
Sources

Unit History received from Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA)
Date Contributor Update
13 November 2016 20:04:14 usaeff Changes to description
Sources

Unit History received from Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA)
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:42:59 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

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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