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Anderson W. Atkinson
Anderson W. Atkinson (1923 – March 30, 1992) was a Major General in the United States Air Force.
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Bolesław Gładych
Bolesław Michal Gładych (17 May 1918 – 12 July 2011) was a Polish fighter pilot, a flying ace of World War II.
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Bud Mahurin
Colonel Walker Melville "Bud" Mahurin (December 5, 1918 – May 11, 2010) was a United States Air Force officer and aviator.
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Charleston Air Force Base
Charleston Air Force Base is a United States military facility located in the City of North Charleston, South Carolina.
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David C. Schilling
David Carl Schilling (December 15, 1918 – August 14, 1956) was a U.S. Air Force officer, fighter ace, and leading advocate of long-range jet fighter operations.
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Donald E. Adams
Donald E. Adams (February 23, 1921 – August 30, 1952) was a United States Air Force flying ace during the Korean War.
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Egon Mayer
Egon Mayer (19 August 1917 – 2 March 1944) was a German fighter pilot during World War II.
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Eighth Air Force
The Eighth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) (8 AF) is a numbered air force (NAF) of the United States Air Force's Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC).
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F-89 Scorpion units of the United States Air Force
The Northrop F-89 Scorpion was a subsonic second-generation jet interceptor of the United States Air Force.
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Fred J. Christensen
Fred Joseph Christensen Jr. (October 17, 1921 – April 4, 2006) was an American fighter pilot and flying ace who flew with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.
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Frederick C. Blesse
Frederick Corbin "Boots" Blesse (August 22, 1921 – October 31, 2012) was a United States Air Force major general and flying ace.
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Gabby Gabreski
Francis Stanley "Gabby" Gabreski (born Franciszek Stanisław Gabryszewski; January 28, 1919 – January 31, 2002) was a Polish-American career pilot in the United States Air Force, retiring as a colonel with 26 years of military service.
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Günther Rall
Günther Rall (10 March 1918 – 4 October 2009) was a German lieutenant-general, the third most successful fighter ace in history and later head of the West German Air Force during the Cold War.
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Gerald W. Johnson (military officer)
Gerald Walter Johnson (1919–2002) was a high-ranking officer in the United States Air Force and World War II flying ace.
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Gilmary M. Hostage III
Gilmary Michael "Mike" Hostage III, (born April 29, 1955) is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who last served as the commander, Air Combat Command from September 13, 2011 to October 2014.
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Hans Philipp
Hans Philipp (17 March 1917 – 8 October 1943) was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II.
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Harold E. Comstock
Harold Elwood "Bunny" Comstock (20 December 1920 – 3 April 2009) was an American fighter ace in the 56th Fighter Group during World War II, and a career fighter pilot in the United States Air Force.
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Heinrich Bartels
Heinrich Bartels (born 13 July 1918 in Linz, Austria – killed in action 23 December 1944 near Villip, Southwest of Bonn) was a German fighter pilot in the Luftwaffe and fought during World War II.
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Heinz Knoke
Heinz Knoke (24 March 1921 – 18 May 1993) was a World War II Luftwaffe flying ace.
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Hubert Zemke
Colonel Hubert "Hub" Zemke (March 14, 1914 – August 30, 1994) was a career officer in the United States Air Force, a fighter pilot in World War II, and a leading United States Army Air Forces ace.
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Index of World War II articles (0–9)
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Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War II)
2./JG 13./JG 14./JG 1gruppenStab./JG 1 --> Jagdgeschwader 1 (JG 1) was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940 and 1944.
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James N. Post III
Major General James N. Post III is a former United States Air Force officer who served as Director of the United States Air Forces Central Command's Air and Space Operations Center, and Director of Operations and Vice Commander of the Air Combat Command.
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John W. Vogt Jr.
General John William Vogt Jr. (March 18, 1920 – April 16, 2010) was a flying ace of the United States Army Air Forces in World War II who later achieved general rank in the United States Air Force during the Cold War period.
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Kazimierz Rutkowski
Kazimierz Rutkowski DFC was a Polish fighter ace of the Polish Air Force in World War II with 5 confirmed kills and one shared.
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List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1940–44)
This is a list of notable accidents and incidents involving military aircraft grouped by the year in which the accident or incident occurred.
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List of aircraft accidents at Eglin Air Force Base
This is a partial list of aviation accidents at Eglin Field/Eglin Air Force Base, Florida or involving Eglin-based aircraft.
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Lockheed F-94 Starfire
The Lockheed F-94 Starfire was a first-generation jet aircraft of the United States Air Force.
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Luke Air Force Base
Luke Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located west of the central business district of Glendale, in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.
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March 1914
The following events occurred in March 1914.
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Messerschmitt Bf 110 operational history
The Messerschmitt Bf 110, often (erroneously) called Me 110, was a twin-engine heavy fighter (Zerstörer – German for "Destroyer") in the service of the Luftwaffe during World War II.
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New York Fighter Wing
The New York Fighter Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit.
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Operation Market Garden
Operation Market Garden (17–25 September 1944) was an unsuccessful Allied military operation planned, and predominantly led, by the British.
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Presidential Unit Citation (United States)
The Presidential Unit Citation (PUC), originally called the Distinguished Unit Citation, is awarded to units of the Uniformed services of the United States, and those of allied countries, for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy on or after 7 December 1941 (the date of the Attack on Pearl Harbor and the start of American involvement in World War II).
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Quartier La Horie
Quartier La Horie is a French Army base.
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R.I. Bong Air Force Base
Richard I. Bong Air Force Base is an unfinished Air Force Base built during the late 1950s.
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RAF Boxted
Royal Air Force Boxted or more simply RAF Boxted is a former Royal Air Force station located north-northeast of Colchester, Essex England.
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RAF Halesworth
Royal Air Force Halesworth or more simply RAF Halesworth is a former Royal Air Force station located west of Southwold, Suffolk, England.
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RAF Horsham St Faith
RAF Horsham St Faith is a former Royal Air Force station near Norwich, Norfolk, England which was operational from 1939 to 1963.
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RAF Kings Cliffe
Royal Air Force Kings Cliffe or more simply RAF Kings Cliffe is a former Royal Air Force station located near Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire, west of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire.
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RAF Little Walden
RAF Little Walden (also known as Hadstock) is a former Royal Air Force station in Essex, England.
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RAF Matlaske
RAF Matlaske was a satellite air field of the Royal Air Force to RAF Coltishall, situated near Matlaske in Norfolk, England.
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Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was a World War II era fighter aircraft produced by the United States from 1941 through 1945.
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Robert S. Johnson
Robert Samuel Johnson (February 21, 1920 – December 27, 1998) was a fighter pilot with the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II.
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Robin Rand
Robin Rand (born 1956) is a United States Air Force general and commander of Air Force Global Strike Command.
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Roger A. Freeman
Roger A. Freeman (11 May 1928 – 7 October 2005) was an English farmer who also became a noted military aviation historian specialising in US Eighth Air Force operations during World War II.
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Sault Sainte Marie Air Defense Sector
The Sault Sainte Marie Air Defense Sector (SsmADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization.
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Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission
The Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission was a strategic bombing mission during World War II.
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Tadeusz Sawicz
Tadeusz Władysław Sawicz (13 February 1914 – 19 October 2011) was a Polish World War II fighter pilot.
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Vermont Garrison
Vermont Garrison (October 29, 1915 – February 14, 1994) was a career officer in the United States Air Force, and a flying ace credited with 17.33 victories in aerial combat.
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VIII Fighter Command
The VIII Fighter Command was a United States Army Air Forces unit of command above the Wings and below the numbered air force.
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Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland
Wilhelm-Ferdinand "Wutz" Galland (born 23 October 1914 in Bochum – killed in action 17 August 1943) was a Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
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William T. Whisner Jr.
William Thomas Whisner Jr. (October 17, 1923 – July 21, 1989) was a career officer and pilot in the United States Air Force, retiring as a colonel with 30 years of military service.
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Zerstörergeschwader 26
Zerstörergeschwader 26 (ZG 26) "Horst Wessel" was a Luftwaffe heavy/destroyer Fighter Aircraft-wing of World War II.
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Zerstörergeschwader 76
Zerstörergeschwader 76 (ZG 76) was a Zerstörer (heavy fighter; lit. "destroyer") geschwader (equivalent to a wing or group) of the German Luftwaffe during World War II.
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116th Operations Group
The 116th Operations Group is a Georgia Air National Guard unit assigned to the 116th Air Control Wing. The unit is stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. The 116th Group controls all operational Northrop Grumman E-8C Joint STARS aircraft of the 116th Air Control Wing. It was activated in 1992, when the Air Force implemented the Objective Wing organization, and was successively equipped with the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle and the Rockwell B-1 Lancer before converting to the E-8C in 2002. The unit was first activated during World War II as the 353d Fighter Group, a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter unit assigned to VIII Fighter Command in Western Europe, which later converted to the North American P-51 Mustang. The group received a Distinguished Unit Citation for its air support during Operation Market Garden, the airborne invasion of the Netherlands. Postwar, in 1946, the group was redesignated the 116th Fighter Group and became part of the Georgia Air National Guard. In 1950, the group was mobilized for the Korean War as the 116th Fighter-Bomber Group, and was deployed to Japan. In 1952, the group was returned to the Georgia Air National Guard and became the 116th Fighter-Interceptor Group. The group converted to transport aircraft in 1961 and was successively redesignated the 116th Air Transport Group and the 116th Air Mobility Group. After the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War, the group was converted back to fighters in 1973, but was inactivated a year later.
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172d Air Support Squadron
The 172d Air Support Squadron is a unit of the Michigan Air National Guard 110th Airlift Wing located at Kellogg Air National Guard Base, Battle Creek, Michigan.
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17th Air Division
The 17th Air Division (17th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force unit.
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21st Fighter Squadron
The 21st Fighter Squadron is part of the 56th Operations Group at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.
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301st Fighter Squadron
The 301st Fighter Squadron is a United States Air Force Reserve squadron, assigned to the 325th Operations Group, stationed at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.
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308th Fighter Squadron
The 308th Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last active with the 56th Operations Group at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, where it trained pilots on the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon.
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309th Fighter Squadron
|309th Fighter Squadron - World War II The 309th Fighter Squadron (309 FS) is part of the 56th Operations Group at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.
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30th Air Division
The 30th Air Division (30th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization.
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310th Fighter Squadron
The 310th Fighter Squadron is part of the 56th Operations Group at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.
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311th Fighter Squadron
The 311th Fighter Squadron (Sidewinders) is part of the 54th Fighter Group at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico which is a geographically separated unit under the 56th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.
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354th Operations Group
The 354th Operations Group is a component of the 354th Fighter Wing, assigned to the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces.
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357th Fighter Group
The 357th Fighter Group was an air combat unit of the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War.
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37th Air Division
The 37th Air Division (37th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization.
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425th Fighter Squadron
The 425th Fighter Squadron is part of the 56th Operations Group at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.
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461st Flight Test Squadron
The 461st Flight Test Squadron is a United States Air Force squadron, assigned to the 412th Operations Group of Air Force Materiel Command, and is stationed at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
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4706th Air Defense Wing
The 4706th Air Defense Wing is a discontinued United States Air Force (USAF) organization.
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473d Fighter Group
The 473d Fighter Group is an inactive United States Air Force (USAF) unit.
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501st Combat Support Group
The 501st Combat Support Group is an inactive United States Air Force organization.
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503d Air Defense Group
The 503d Air Defense Group is an inactive United States Air Force organization.
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53d Test and Evaluation Group
The 53d Test and Evaluation Group is a group of the United States Air Force.
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550th Fighter Squadron
The 550th Fighter Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit.
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56th Fighter Wing
The 56th Fighter Wing is a fighter wing in the United States Air Force.
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56th Group
56th Group may refer to.
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56th Training Squadron
The 56th Training Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit.
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61st Fighter Squadron
The 61st Fighter Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit, assigned to the 56th Operations Group, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.
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62d Fighter Squadron
The 62d Fighter Squadron is part of the United States Air Force 56th Operations Group at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.
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63d Fighter Squadron
The 63d Fighter Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit, assigned to the 56th Operations Group, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.
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65th Air Division
The 65th Air Division (65th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization.
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66th Fighter Wing
The 66th Fighter Wing is a disbanded unit of the United States Air Force, last stationed at Chicago Municipal Airport, Illinois.
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69th Fighter Squadron
The 69th Fighter Squadron is a United States Air Force Reserve fighter squadron.
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72d Fighter Squadron
The 72d Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.
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86th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
The 86th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/56th_Operations_Group
