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The 9th AF in the E.T.O.

366th Fighter Group

Wing & Command Assignments:
71st FW, IX TAC 08-1944
XXIX TAC 01-10-1944
70th FW, IX TAC 22-10-1944
XXIX TAC 01-02-1945

Squadrons :

• 389th FS 'A6'
• 390th FS 'B2'
• 391st FS 'A8'

Combat Aircraft:
P47D Thunderbolt


Stations:

• Thruxton
• A1 St.Pierre du Mont (F) 20-06-1944
• A41 Dreux-Vermouillet (F) 24-08-1944
• A70 Laon-Couvron (F) 08-09-1944
• Y29 Asche (B) 19-11-1944
• Y94 Münster-Handorf (G) 11-04-1945

Group COs:

• Col. Dyke F. Meyer to 19-04-1944
• Lt.Col. James B. Tipton to 30-04-1944
• Lt.Col. Donald K. Bennett to 22-05-1944
• Col. H. Norman Holt to 28-04-1945
• Lt.Col. Ansel J. Wheeler to 05-1946

Facts:
First Mission: 14-03-1944
First Dive-bombing mission of the 9th AF: 15-03-1944



Major Awards:

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