Free Download David H. Kelley, Major, USAF, "They Too Served: 496th Fighter Training Group, 1943-45: Wright Flyer Paper No. 13"
English | ISBN: 147938299X | 2012 | 62 pages | EPUB | 335 KB
In-theater combat crew replacement centers (CCRC) represented a brief but important stop for aircrews training as replacements for personnel lost in the European theater during World War II. The Eighth Air Force's 496th Fighter Training Group operated a fighter CCRC at Goxhill, England, and illustrated the unique challenges and successes of the CCRC mission. The 496th Fighter Training Group overcame maintenance shortfalls, aircraft shortages, and persistent morale issues to train more than 2,400 fighter pilots for combat duty in the Lockheed P-38 Lightning and North American P-51 Mustang.
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