Unit
"McKenzie King Prime Minister of Canada is interviewed after his arrival at 1st Combat Crew Replacement Center in England 27-Apr-44. AAF Station 112."
Redesignated from No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center on 12 November 1943.
Assigned to VIII Composite Command on 14 February 1944
Assigned to Air Disarmament Command 16 September 1944 and transferred with out men and aircraft to Chipping Ongar. There the unit undertook disarmament of captured enemy aircraft and disposal of captured equipment to gain intelligence on Luftwaffe and German aviation technology. Theatre indoctrination duties were transferred to combat units.
Command
In 1944, the Allies began to consider how to conduct the demobilization of Germany, and began to plan how they both could dismantle Germany's war making capabilities and exploit its technology after victory. As the Allies advanced into France in late...
Command
Unit
Established as a provisional unit at Bovingdon on 27 August 1942, and equipped with B-17Es transferred from the 92nd Bomb Group.
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| Station | Location | Date |
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| Based | Bovingdon | 12 November 1943 |
| Based | Chipping Ongar | 16 September 1944 |
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 25th Bomb Group
December 9, 1943 take off crash from Bovington, UK on a weather recon flight in B17#42-37744. 10 KNO. 2 RAF Meteorological Officers aboard.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Gunner | 25th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA). On return to base B17 #42-37869 crashed at Oakhampton returning from Atlantic weather reconnaissance mission. 5 KNO+2 RTD +1 RAF
Military | Master Sergeant | Engineer | 25th Bomb Group
John Buchanan was killed on 9 December 1943 in a take-off crash from Bovingdon, UK, where the 1st Combat Crew Replacement Center were based. He was beginning a weather reconnaissance flight in B-17 #42-37744. All 10 on board were killed, including two...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 25th Bomb Group
On return to base B-17 #42-37869 crashed at Oakhampton returning from Atlantic WR Mission. RTD. 5 KNO+2 RTD +1 RAF
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator Gunner | 25th Bomb Group
December 9, 1943 take off crash from Bovington, UK on a weather recon flight in B17#42-37744. 10 KNO. 2 RAF Meteorological Officers aboard.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Flt Eng | 25th Bomb Group
December 9, 1943 take off crash from Bovington, UK on a weather recon flight in B17#42-37744. 10 KNO. 2 RAF Meteorological Officers aboard.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator Gunner | 25th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA). On return to base B-17 #42-37869 crashed at Oakhampton returning from Atlantic weather reconnaissance mission. 5 KNO +2 RTD +1 RAF
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator
Navigator B-17F #42-30131 presumed lost at sea when it failed to return from a weather reconnaissance mission on 2 Feb 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Corporal | Gunner | 25th Bomb Group
December 9, 1943 take off crash from Bovington, UK on a weather recon flight in B-17 #42-37744 (10 KNO). 2 RAF Meteorological Officers aboard.
Military | Captain | Chaplain | 55th Fighter Group
Methodist
B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-U] Bangor 16/9/42; Molesworth 28/10/42; 1 CCRC Bovingdon 4/7/43 as trainer. Salvaged in the UK after the war, date not recorded.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 15-Apr-43; Gore 25-Apr-43; Sioux City 30-Apr-43; Kearney 4-May-43; Bangor 20-May-43; 9-Jun-43.
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P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to HQ Sqn, 1CCRC, 8AF USAAF.
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 02 December 2019 16:18:24 | Emily | Changes to unit part of associations and aircraft associations |
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Brought together information from duplicate record to include information from: 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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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 02 December 2019 13:59:12 | Emily | Changes to type, category, name, description, air forces, aircraft types, unit encompassing associations and stations |
| Sources | ||
Freeman, Mighty Eighth War Manual, pp118-125. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:42:43 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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