71st Fighter Wing
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The 368th Fighter Group flew P-47s in combat from England from March 1944. In the days after D-Day the Group supported Allied ground troops fighting in the Cherbourg penisula and then around St. Lo. The Group received a DUC for flying seven missions in a single day on 3 September 1944 to the Mons area, destroying enemy troops and means of transport. The Group continued to fly in support of ground forces throughout the Battle of the Bulge (December 1944 - January 945) and into 1945. They stayed in Europe after the war's end, becoming part of the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE).
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22 February 1944
A combined force of 659 fighters of types: P-38; P-47 and P-51 are desdpatched to provide escort to the heavy bomber attacking the GErman aircraft industry on Day of of BIG WEEK. Mission Summary follows:
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22 March 1944
A combined force of 540 fighters of types: P-38; P-47 and P-51 are despatched to escort heave bombers attacking ad Berlin and surrounding areas. 275 of these aircraft are contributed by IX Fighter Command units. Despatch summary follows:
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27 March 1944
A combined force of 960 fighters of types: P-38; P-47 ad P-51 are despatched to provide escort to heavy bombers attacking 11 German airfields and air depots in France. 243 of the 960 are frunished by IX Fighter Command. The P-51 element also attacks...
12 April 1944
19 April 1944
22 April 1944
Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Greenham Common | 13 January 1944 – 15 March 1944 |
Based | Chilbolton | 15 March 1944 – 20 June 1944 |
Based | Cardonville | 20 June 1944 – 23 August 1944 |
Based | 23 August 1944 – 11 September 1944 | |
Based | Chartres | 24 August 1944 – 11 September 1944 |
Based | Laon/Athies | 11 September 1944 – 2 October 1944 |
Based | Chievres | 2 October 1944 – 27 December 1944 |
Based | Juvincourt | 27 December 1944 – 5 January 1945 |
Based | Metz | 5 January 1945 – 15 April 1945 |
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 368th Fighter Group
Clarence E Allen was declared missing in action on 12 October 1944, aged 23. Allen was taking part in a dive-bombing mission over Aachen, when his squadron engaged enemy fighters over Dusseldorf. All aircraft except Allen's returned to base, and...
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | fighter pilot | 368th Fighter Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 368th Fighter Group
Assigned to 365FS, 358FG, 8AF USAAF. Abandoned P-47D 42-76525 out of fuel over English channel, baled and picked up by ASR, WIA, RTD.
Awards: PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 368th Fighter Group
Forced to bail out on a mission on 14 June 1944. Either Returned to Duty (RTD) or became a Prisoner of War (POW). MACR not clear on this point.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Fighter pilot | 368th Fighter Group
Assigned to 396FS, 368FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to Trier, Germany. Having shot down 1 x Fw190 engine started running roughly missing badly, set course for home crash landed near Lissendorf, Germany. Killed in Action ...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 368th Fighter Group
Charles R Earls was born on April 9, 1924 in Ogden, Utah. He had enlisted in the Army Air Forces and he had the rank of Second Lieutenant. Occupation or specialty was Pilot. Service number was O-767163. Served with 395th Fighter Squadron, 368th Fighter...
Military | Captain | Pilot | 368th Fighter Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 356th Fighter Group
Primary training in Union City, TN, Basic in Newport, Ark, Advanced at Spence Field in Moultrie, GA Class of 44F; instrument flying at Spence Field for 3 months; went to England w/ 368th FG 12/44-1/45; w/ 356th 2/45 to VE Day; left England 9/45 to go...
Military | Captain | Fighter Pilot | 368th Fighter Group
Killed in Action on 14th August 1944, 5 miles East of Domfront, France/Foret d'Andaine.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 368th Fighter Group
Assigned to 397FS, 368FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) armed recon to Aachen in P-47
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P-47 Thunderbolt
P-47 Thunderbolt
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt 42-25881, assigned to the 397th FS, 368th FG, 9th AF, 9-3-44. Whilst on dive bombing mission, collided with a Fw190 near Campeau that had emerged from the overcast directly in front of him. 7-7-44 A/C crashed near Campeau,...
P-47 Thunderbolt
P-47 Thunderbolt
P-47 Thunderbolt
P-47 Thunderbolt
P-47 Thunderbolt
P-47 Thunderbolt
P-47 Thunderbolt
P-47 Thunderbolt
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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01 February 2017 14:19:50 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to stations |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
13 March 2015 15:34:07 | rossingtonj | Changes to type and mission associations |
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Type added. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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) |