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48th Fighter Group
| Airfields - Bases |
| From |
To |
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| 15/01/1941 |
22/05/1941 |
Savannah, Ga. |
| 22/05/1941 |
7/02/1942 |
Will Rogers Field, Okla. |
| 7/02/1942 |
28/06/1942 |
Savannah, Ga. |
| 28/06/1942 |
20/08/1943 |
Key Field, Miss. |
| 20/08/1943 |
27/01/1944 |
William Northern Field, Tenn. |
| 27/01/1944 |
13/03/1944 |
Waterboro AAF, SC |
| ?/03/1944 |
?/03/1944 |
En route to the UK |
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| 29/03/1944 |
18/06/1944 |
Ibsley |
| 18/06/1944 |
29/08/1944 |
A.4 |
| 29/08/1944 |
15/09/1944 |
A.42 |
| 15/09/1944 |
30/09/1944 |
A.74 |
| 30/09/1944 |
26/03/1945 |
A.92 |
| 26/03/1945 |
17/04/1945 |
Y.54 |
| 17/04/1945 |
29/04/1945 |
Y.96 |
| 29/04/1945 |
5/07/1945 |
R.10 |
| 5/07/1945 |
?/08/1945 |
A.69 |
| ?/08/1945 |
?/?/1945 |
En route to U.S.A. |
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| ?/?/1945 |
7/11/1945 |
Seymour Johnson Field, NC |
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| Commanding officers |
| From |
To |
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Lt.Col.Bernard S.Thompson |
| ? |
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Col.Norman R.Burnett |
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Lt.Col.Preston P.Pender |
| ? |
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Lt.Col. Charles C.Kegelman |
| ?/11/1943 |
22/04/1944 |
Col.Dixon M.Allison |
| 23/04/1944 |
?/10/1944 |
Col.George L.Wertenbaker, Jr. |
| ?/10/1944 |
7/06/1945 |
Col.James K.Johnson |
| 8/06/1945 |
28/06/1945 |
Lt.Col. Harold L.McNeely |
| 28/06/1945 |
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Lt.Col.Paul P.Douglas,Jr. |
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| Aircraft used in the ETO |
| P47 |
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| Aircraft markings and Call Signs |
| 48 FG |
Call Sign |
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492 FS
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Marking |
Front cowling and rudder : red |
| Code |
F4- |
| Call Sign |
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| 493 FS |
Marking |
Front cowling and rudder: blue |
| Code |
I7- |
| Call Sign |
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494 FS
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Marking |
Front cowling and rudder: Yellow |
| Code |
6M- |
| Call Sign |
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| Remarks |
| 15/01/1941 |
Activated as 48th Bombardment Group (Light) |
| ?/09/1942 |
Redesignated 48th Bombardment Group (Dive) |
| ?/08/1943 |
Redesignated 48th Fighter Bomber Group |
| ?/05/1944 |
Redesignated 48th Fighter Group |
| 7/11/1945 |
Inactivated |
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| Download |
| under construction |
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