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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. [1] [2] The group was known as the Debden Eagles because it was created from the three Eagle Squadrons of the Royal Air Force: No. 71, No. 121 Squadron RAF, and No. 133 Squadron RAF. [3]
When the United States entered World War II, these units, and the American pilots in them, were transferred to the United States Army Air Forces VIII Fighter Command, forming the 4th Fighter Group on 12 September 1942. The 4th Fighter Group was the first fighter group to use belly tanks, the first to penetrate Germany, the first to accompany ...
1st Maintenance Group, 1st Fighter Wing: Joint Base Langley–Eustis [1] 2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: Maintaining Global Power: 2nd Maintenance Group, 2nd Bomb Wing: Barksdale Air Force Base [2] 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: 4th Maintenance Group, 4th Fighter Wing: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base [3] 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
328th Fighter Group, 10 July 1942 – 12 April 1943; 1–31 March 1944 (attached to San Francisco Air Defense Wing [later San Francisco Fighter Wing] after c. 28 October 1942) [34] 329th Fighter Group, 10 July 1942 – 10 April 1943 [35] 354th Fighter Group, 15 November 1942 – c. 3 November 1943 [36] 363d Fighter Group, 1 March – 12 April ...
A pilot assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing prepares to fly an F-15E Strike Eagle at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, N.C., on Thursday, March 22, 2023. The F-15E is a dual-role fighter ...
In September 1942, the Eagle squadron pilots transferred to the USAAF, becoming the nucleus of the 4th Fighter Group. [1] Gentile became a flight leader in September 1943, now flying the P-47 Thunderbolt. Having flown Spitfires, Gentile and some of the other pilots of the 4th were displeased when they transitioned to the heavy P-47C in April 1943.
He was assigned to the 4th Fighter Group as the executive officer and as a major. Later he would be promoted to colonel at the age of 23, and became the youngest colonel in the USAAF. When Peterson first joined the 4th Fighter Group, they were assigned the P-47 Thunderbolt , which was a radical change from the Spitfires the Eagle Squadron ...
The squadron ran fighter sweeps over France until September 1942 when it was transferred to the USAAF and became the 336th Fighter Squadron of the 4th Fighter Group. On an escort mission to Morlaix on 26 September 1942 the squadron was held up by strong headwinds, leading it to mistake Brest for the British coast.