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    The 352nd Fighter Group was a unit of the Eighth Air Force that was located in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. The unit served...
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    basis. Its predecessor, the 352nd Fighter Group, was one of the most highly decorated United States Army Air Forces Fighter Groups in World War II, producing...
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    (October 18, 1923 – May 20, 1949) was an American flying ace in the 352nd Fighter Group during World War II, who was credited with 23.5 aerial victories...
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    flying the P-47 Thunderbolt, making him the only P-47 ace in the 352nd Fighter Group. He himself was shot down and captured as a prisoner of war before...
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    commanded the 352nd Fighter Group during World War II and was a fighter ace. He later commanded the 3595th Pilot Training Wing and the 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing...
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    was assigned to the 487th Fighter Squadron of the 352nd Fighter Group, flying P-47 Thunderbolts. On June 30, 1943, the 352nd FG boarded the troopship RMS...
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    487th Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It activated during World War II and was assigned to the 352nd Fighter Group of VIII...
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    missions. In September 1942 he was assigned to the newly formed 352nd Fighter Group at Westover, Massachusetts, where he, as a 1st Lieutenant, assumed...
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    later redesignated the 487th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group. With the unit's training completed, the 352nd Fighter Group boarded the troopship RMS...
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    1917 – May 21, 1952) was a United States Army Air Force fighter ace in the 352nd Fighter Group who was credited with shooting down 10.5 aircraft during...
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    486th Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It activated during World War II and was assigned to the 352nd Fighter Group of VIII...
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    Thunderbolts with the 328th Fighter Squadron of the 352nd Fighter Group. He was the third highest scoring ace of 352nd Fighter Group, and one of the top USAAF...
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    26 fighters with six more damaged. The Asch Airfield (Designated: Y-29) had been constructed in November 1944 and was home to the 352nd Fighter Group, 8th...
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    The 4th Fighter Group was an American element of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Eighth Air Force during World War II. The group was known as...
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    The 352nd Special Operations Wing is an operational unit of the United States Air Force Special Operations Command currently stationed at RAF Mildenhall...
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    Alabama. In July 1943, Moran was assigned to the 487th Fighter Squadron of the 352nd Fighter Group at RAF Bodney in England. Flying the P-47 Thunderbolt...
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  • Col Luther H Richmond, Commanding Officer of the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group, was downed by flak while attacking an anti-aircraft position...
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    RAF Bodney (category Airfields of the VIII Fighter Command in the United Kingdom)
    under the jurisdiction of VIII Fighter Command of Eighth Air Force, it was primarily the home of the 352d Fighter Group, the "Blue Nosed Bastards of Bodney"...
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    113th Wing (District of Columbia Air National Guard). 121st Fighter Squadron lineage and history 113th Wing Official Website 352nd Fighter Group Website...
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    Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 May 2014. "Memorial to the 352nd Fighter Group". geograph. Historic England. "Church of St Andrew, Langford (1172069)"...
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    9th Fighter Squadron of the 49th Fighter Group. Preddy was hospitalized after a mid air collision with another P-40, and was reassigned to the 352nd Fighter...
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    decided to preserve the history of its most famous fighter unit, the 352nd Fighter Group (know affectionately as the Bluenosed Bastards of Bodney), and allocated...
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    486th Fighter Squadron of the 352nd Fighter Group. In July 1943, the 352nd FG boarded the troopship RMS Queen Elizabeth in June 1943. The group landed...
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    and 352nd Fighter Squadrons. It pioneered the P-47 dive-bombing and ground attack technique adopted by both Eighth and Ninth Air Forces. The group flew...
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    Fighter Squadron of the 337th Fighter Group in Florida, from October 1942 to March 1943. He was assigned to the 328th Fighter Squadron of the 352nd Fighter...
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  • such as the Gulf War and the Six-Day War. The program consists of former fighter pilots sharing their stories of actual dogfights in which they took part...
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  • Angelini Whisner, William. "1 January 1945 Combat Log". Home of the 352nd Fighter Group: The Blue Nosed Bastards of Bodney (Second to None). 352ndfg.com...
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  • Blue-nosed Bastards of Bodney, the nickname of the World War II 352nd Fighter Group, US Army Air Force, from the identifying markings of their aircraft...
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    Operations Group (Tail code formerly "FW," now "IN.") 163rd Fighter Squadron 122nd Maintenance Group 122nd Mission Support Group 122nd Medical Group The 358th...
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    1992, assigned to 752nd Special Operations Group, 352nd Special Operations Wing. Constituted as 321st Fighter Control Squadron, and activated on 15 May...
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