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Don Gentile joined the RAF 133 Eagle Squadron after going to Canada for training in 1940. He was with the squadron when it converted to the 336th Fighter Squadron in 1942. General Dwight D. Eisenhower referred to Gentile as a one-man Air Force. John Godfrey was Gentile's close friend and wingman;
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The 4th was the first group to escort U.S. bombers over Berlin on 4 March 1944. The group earned Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC) for aggressiveness in attacking enemy aircraft and air bases, 5 March – 24 April 1944. The group escorted bombers in the first shuttle bombing mission from Britain to
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James Goodson joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941 before transferring to No. 43 Squadron RAF, followed by No. 416 Squadron RAF, then the No. 133 Eagle Squadron, based at Debden. In September 1942, he transferred to the 4th Fighter Group, 336th Squadron. He was shot down near
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Duane Beeson joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941 and was transferred to Britain to join RAF No. 71 Eagle Squadron in 1942. He was assigned to the 334th Fighter Squadron in September 1942. He was shot down over Germany on 5 April 1944 and was held in
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The 4th claimed 583 enemy planes shot down in air-to-air combat during the war, for a victory-loss ratio of 2.35-to-1. Pilot losses were 125 killed-in-action (including missing-presumed-dead) and 105 prisoners-of-war, of 553 pilots serving, or 42%.
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Ralph Kidd Hofer was a light heavyweight boxer who joined the RCAF in 1941 and transferred to the 4th Fighter Group, 334th Squadron at Debden in July 1943. Hofer and his plane were lost 2 July 1944 near
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Lieutenant Howard Hively of the 335th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group with his dog mascot "Duke" and a P-47 Thunderbolt at Debden, October 1943
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in late September, 1942. They served in combat over Europe from October 1942 to April 1945 and was the longest serving USAAF fighter group in the
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as having the most combined victories over German aircraft (583 air, 469 ground against 248 combat losses) of any group in the
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in December 1941. The three Eagle Squadrons formed between September 1940 and July 1941 were turned over to the
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Kidd Hofer-- the Last of the Screwball Aces: The Story of Lt. Ralph K. Hofer and the 4th Fighter Group in WWII
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Russia on 21 June 1944, supported the airborne invasion of Holland in September, participated in the
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Don Gentile (left) and Donald Blakeslee receiving the Distinguished Service Cross from General
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from July to November, 1945 and returned to the U.S. and was inactivated on 10 November 1945.
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Two-Man Air Force: Don Gentile & John Godfrey World War Two Flying Aces
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Fighters Up: The Story of American Fighter Pilots in the Battle of Europe
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The RAF Eagle Squadrons: American Pilots who Flew for the Royal Air Force
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The Eagle Squadrons were formed in 1940 with volunteer pilots from the
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P-51D Mustang of the 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group
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The Debden Warbirds: The Fourth Fighter Group in World War II
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Triple ace Ralph Kidd Hofer in his P-47 Thunderbolt "Sho-Me".
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Lt Col Clairborne H. Kinnard Jr., 15 September 1944 (acting)
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Lt Col Clairborne H. Kinnard Jr., c. 3 November 1944
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Lt Col James A. Clark Jr., 7 September 1944 (acting)
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Eagles of the RAF: The World War II Eagle Squadrons
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Macrae-Smith-Company. pp. 149–. 328:because it was created from the three 79: 7: 814:Edward Jablonski (1 January 1972). 682:Adventures of the 4th Fighter Group 787:Philip Kaplan (19 February 2006). 360:of the 4th Fighter Group based at 103:12 September 1942–10 November 1945 35:it lacks sufficient corresponding 14: 884:Troy L. White (13 January 2003). 989: 658:. Schiffer Publishing, Limited. 410:European theatre of World War II 237: 20: 312:was an American element of the 944:American Air Museum in Britain 858:Bernstein, Adam (1 May 2014). 679:Troy L. White (12 July 2015). 1: 2153:United States Army Air Forces 739:. Schiffer Military History. 706:Philip D. Caine (July 1994). 525:20 June 1944 and was held in 348:. These squadrons became the 324:. The group was known as the 314:United States Army Air Forces 122:United States Army Air Forces 817:Airwar, vol.4: wings of fire 427:on 1 April 1943 and then to 423:. Aircraft were changed to 184:Distinguished Unit Citation 2282: 572:Col Donald J. M. Blakeslee 529:until liberation in 1945. 509:of the twentieth century. 446:The group was credited by 2148: 1491: 1480: 1019: 1008: 479:Dominic Salvatore Gentile 400:The group was briefly at 87: 760:Philip D. Caine (2008). 376:prior to its entry into 234:4th Fighter Group Emblem 652:Frank E. Speer (1999). 358:336th Fighter Squadrons 50:more precise citations. 553: 474: 397: 267:336th Fighter Squadron 257:335th Fighter Squadron 247:334th Fighter Squadron 946:. Imperial War Museum 548: 472: 431:on 25 February 1944. 412:. It was assigned to 395: 158:Air Offensive, Europe 890:. Stardust Studios. 733:Frank Speer (2009). 712:. DIANE Publishing. 685:. Stardust Studios. 633:Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke 551:Dwight D. 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