10th Army Air Force

HQ: INDIA
Order: Covering the India - Burma region

Version_2006_11_27: 14 Pics

 

 

 

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23rd Fighter Group
 "Flying Tigers"

16th Fighter Squadron

 74th Fighter Squadron 75th Fighter Squadron 76th Fighter Squadron
I have included this very special group in the site about the

"American Volunteer-Group"

 

 

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33rd Fighter Group
Moved to India in Feb 1944. Assigned to Tenth AF. Trained with P-38 and P-47 aircraft.

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58th Fighter Squadron

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59th Fighter Squadron

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60th Fighter Squadron
1944, February   -   P-38, P-47   -   India
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1944, April   -   Moved to China  became part of Fourteenth AF, continued training, and flew some patrol and interception missions
See 14th Air Force Page
1944, September   -   Returned to India  as part of Tenth AF
Flew dive-bombing and strafing missions in Burma until the Allied campaigns in that area had been completed.
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1945, November-Dezember   -   Returned to the US
1945, Dezember 8   -   Inactivated

 

 

 

"ANGELS ON OUR WINGS"

80th Fighter Group
 "The Burma Banshees"

89th Fighter Squadron

89th Fighter Squadron

90th Fighter Squadron

459th Fighter Squadron
"Twin Dragons"
1943   -   Republic P-47D THUNDERBOLT   -   Myitkyina, Burma
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# 50 ''Burma Yank''		 - -
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# 66 ''Frankies Turbo''		 - -
1943  -   Curtiss P-40N WARHAWK   -   Karachi, India
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# 51		 - -
1944   -   Curtiss P-40N WARHAWK   -   Nagahuli, India
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# 62		 - -
1944   -   P-38J-10 LIGHTNING   -   Chittagong, Burma
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 # 2 ''Miss V'' (42-67626)
Captain Walter F. Duke
(highest scoring ACE in the CBI)
(13 victories, April 23-Jun 06, 44)
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 # 12 ''Haleakala''
Lt. H. H. Sealy

 

 

 

"SPIRITUS OMNIA VINCET"

12th Bombardment Group (Medium)
 The 12th Bombardment Group (Medium), equipped with B-25 Mitchell bombers, was transferred to India from the 12th Air Force in North Africa in 1944.
Arriving on 21 MARCH 1944 they were assigned to the 10th Air Force.
They were based in Kurmitola and Tezgaon.

81st Fighter Squadron

82nd Fighter Squadron

83rd Fighter Squadron

434th Fighter Squadron
1945   -   North American B-25J MITCHELL   -   China

# 44 ''Sunday Punch''		 - -  

 

 

 

1th Air Commando Group
1944   -   North American P-51A MUSTANG   -   Hailakandi, India

#18 (43-8113) "Carol`s Daddy"
Pilot ?
"Barbie"
Major R T Smith		 -
1944   -   North American B-25H MITCHELL   -   Hailakandi, India

(S/N 43-4329)
(S/N 43-4329) ''Barbie III''		 -
1945   -   North American P-51D MUSTANG   -   Asansol, India

#66 (44-12599) "SIGH!"
Pilot ?		   -

 

 

 

2nd Air Commando Group
1945, early   -   North American P-51D MUSTANG   -   Kalaikunda, India
1st Fighter Squadron ? ?

#84 (44-15338)		 - -

 

 

 

5th Air Commando Group
1944, late   -   P-47D-23-RA THUNDERBOLT   -   Asansol, India
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#3 (42-28152)		 -

 

 

 

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