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| Air Forced Assigned To: | 8th AF (July '42) | |
| 12th AF (Sept 14th '42) | ||
| 15th AF (May '44 - end WWII) | ||
| Stations Flown From: | Northern Ireland, Jul 13 1942 | |
| Goxhill, England, Aug 26 - Oct 1942 | ||
| Tafaraoui, Algeria, Nov 9 1942 | ||
| La Senia, Algeria, Nov 14 1942 | ||
| Orleansville, Algeria, Jan 1943 | ||
| Telergma, Algeria, Jan 17 1943 | ||
| Youks-les-Bains, Algeria, Mar 9 1943 | ||
| Le Sers, Tunisia, Apr 14 1943 | ||
| La Sebala, Tunisia, May 21 1943 | ||
| Boccadifalco, Sicily, Jul 30 1943 | ||
| Corsica, Dec 1 1943 | ||
| Madna Airfield, Italy, May 14 1944 | ||
| Piagiolino Airfield, Italy, Apr 21 1945 | ||
| Lesina, Italy, Jul 8 -Aug 1945 | ||
| Campaigns Flown in: | Air Combat, EAME Theatre | |
| Air Offensive, Europe | ||
| Algeria-French Morocco | ||
| Tunisia | ||
| Sicily | ||
| Naples-Foggia | ||
| Rome-Arno | ||
| Normandy | ||
| Northern France | ||
| Southern France | ||
| North Appines | ||
| Rhineland | ||
| Central Europe | ||
| Po Valley | ||
| Awards Won: | Distinguished Unit Citations: Germany, Jun 9 1944; | |
| Distinguished Unit Citation: Rumania, Aug 31 1944 | ||
| Victory Claims (in Air): | Destroyed: | Probable: | Damaged: | |||
| 425.333 | 35 | 137 | ||||
Aces were:
(scores in the group only- some scored victories while flying in other groups or
squadrons)
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| 2nd FS: | J.S. Varnell (17) | 4th FS: | S. Feld (9) | 5th FS: | C.D. Allen (7) | ||
| R.C. Curtis (14) | J.O. Tyler (8) | D.R. Franklin (7) | |||||
| J.B. Lawler (11) | W.F. Hanes (6) | R.A. Karr (6) | |||||
| A.G. Johnson (8.5) | V.N. Cabas (4) [total 5] | J.W. Empey (5) | |||||
| N.L. McDonald (7.5) [total 11.5] | |||||||
| D.J. Zoerb (7) | |||||||
| J.E. Hoffman (6.5) | |||||||
| F.F. Ohr (6) | |||||||
| R.C. Lampe (5.5) | |||||||
| A.E. Vinson (5.333) | |||||||
| R.L. Alexander (4) [total 5] | |||||||
| R.J. Watson (2) [total 5] | |||||||
| J.E. Peck (1) [total 5] | |||||||
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| Plane Identification: | QP | WD | VF | |||
| Aircraft Flown: | Spitfire | |
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