70th Fighter Wing
Wing
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Group
The Group moved in England over the New Year of 1944, setting up home first at Membury and then at Thruxton. The pilots' first mission was a fighter sweep of the French coast in March 1944 and from then until D-Day that June the ground supported Allied preparations for the invasion of France, taking out German military sites and equipment in northern France. The Group were awarded a DUC for quite a singular action: when supporting infantry in the St. Lo area on 11 July 1944, the pilots discovered a column of enemy tanks as yet unknown to the infantry. Despite coming under intense fire, the Group, as well as striking nearby pillboxes, the intended target of the mission, attacked this column. This put many of the German tanks out of action before they engaged the infantry. The Group carried out armed reconnaissance missions during the Battle of the Bulge (December 1944-January 1945) and escorted bombers during the assult across the Rhine river. The Group's last mission saw them attacking harbors at Kiel and Flensburg on 3 May 1945. The Group remained in Germany after the war and, as part of United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), were part of the occupation force.
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Squadron
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Headquarters
12 April 1944
Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Membury | 10 January 1944 – 1 March 1944 |
Based | Thruxton | 1 March 1944 – 12 June 1944 |
Based | Saint-Pierre-du-Mont | 13 June 1944 – 24 August 1944 |
Based | Dreux | 24 August 1944 – 8 September 1944 |
Based | Laon /Couvron | 8 September 1944 – 19 November 1944 |
Based | Asch | 19 November 1944 – 11 April 1945 |
Based | Handorf | 11 April 1945 – 25 June 1945 |
Military | Captain | Pilot | 366th Fighter Group
Killed in Action on 21 January 1945 in P-47 Thunderbolt #44-20424.
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Military | Captain | Fighter pilot | 366th Fighter Group
Quentin Aanenson served as a pilot with the 391st Fighter Squadron of the 366th Fighter Group, flying 75 missions in Europe.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 366th Fighter Group
2nd Lt Phillips Abbott Jr., pilot of the P-47 Thunderbolt 42-75412, took off from A-1 at St-Pierre-du-Mont on a mission over Tours. He was flying in the no.4 spot in Blue Section. According to 2nd Lt Herbert G. Stewart, Abbott was hit by flak and...
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 366th Fighter Group
We attacked a column of tanks and trucks along a road near a castle on the edge of Hurtgen Forest and were shot by flak.
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Military | P-47 thunderbult pilot | 362nd Fighter Group
ROY J. ALLDRITT, Bozeman, Montana, enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1940. After a few months of flight line experience helping crew B.18's and B.17's he attended a six months aircraft maintenance training school at Chanute Field, Ill. After...
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 366th Fighter Group
Killed in action.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Fighter pilot | 366th Fighter Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 366th Fighter Group
Lt. Barkley was the pilot of a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and was K.I.A. on 17 November 1944, while on a mission over Deuren, Germany. His ability as a fighter pilot, though, was judged to be superior by his commanding officer.
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 366th Fighter Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter pilot | 366th Fighter Group
KIA June 13 1944 at St Gabriel France after his P-47D was hit with Anti Aircraft Fire then crashed and exploded. Claimed 2.0 aerial victories.
P-47 Thunderbolt
P-47 Thunderbolt
To 366 FG 9th AF
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P-47 Thunderbolt
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P-47 Thunderbolt
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15 July 2020 13:32:31 | Paul Jacob | Changes to insignia |
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Insignia source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:366th_Fighter_Group_(United_States_Army_Air_Forces) |
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01 February 2017 13:57:55 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to type and stations |
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06 July 2016 17:26:06 | Lucy May | Changes to stations |
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05 June 2016 19:50:47 | Paul Jacob | Changes to type, motto and insignia |
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The patch worn by members of the 366th Fighter Group during WWII is displayed on the 366th Fighter Association web site http://www.366fighterassociation.net/366th-command-patches.html The Association, initially named "366th Fighter Group Association" was formed by a group of WWII veterans of the 366th. The Association was renamed 366th Fighter Association, in 2012, to reflect the fact that membership now includes veterans from the initial Army Air Corps 366th Fighter Group and descendant organizations up to and including the current 366th Fighter Wing based at Mt Home AFB.. |
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08 April 2015 23:42:12 | EMBLEMHUNTER | Changes to mission associations and media associations |
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found online |
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08 April 2015 23:39:04 | EMBLEMHUNTER | Changes to mission associations |
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Found online |
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16 January 2015 20:16:37 | Gilad_Bashan | Changes to nicknames and mission associations |
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Gilad Bashan |
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06 December 2014 22:21:27 | Gilad_Bashan | Changes to mission associations and media associations |
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Gilad Bashan |
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06 December 2014 21:44:10 | Gilad_Bashan | Changes to mission associations and media associations |
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Gilad Bashan |
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06 December 2014 16:51:13 | Gilad_Bashan | Changes to mission associations and media associations |
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Gilad Bashan |
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27 September 2014 18:42:45 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / The Mighty Eighth. A History of the Units, Men and Machines of the US 8th Air Force.' by Roger A. Freeman (1989). 'Air Force Combat Units of World War II' compiled by the Department of the US Air Force, edited by Maurice Maurer (1983). / 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) |