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Ok Guys after a solid week of hard work and research i'm finnished my 1st isntallment of the USAAF insignia. In this volume you'll find the insignia for most of the units of the US 8th air force. What you wont find is crappy sigs like PC Arena. lol
I'm working on Volume Two-Kings Of the Heavies, US 8th Air Force Bomber Squadrons. (for those ai b-17's and flyable pby's [img]/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.gif[/img] )

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Here's a copy of the read me i included with the zip:

=Read me=
Copperhead's Air Force
Volume One- 8th Air Force Fighter Groups
Insignia Files for the USAAF's 8th Air Force

1. I have made every attempt to include as many of the 8th air force fighter groups as possible.
I you should find that I have missed any fighter groups that served with the US 8th AF in the ETO
Please email me with the information and I'll add them to the next volume. In some cases the insignia is not currently obtainable.
In those instances I have either substituted the MODERN insignia or omitted that insignia completely.
2. This is an on going project and this is only a small part of what is to come. [img]/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.gif[/img]
After I'm positive that all of the 8th Air force Fighter units are completed I'll then move on to the Bomber Groups for the B-17/24/25/26's
& special Squadrons like Night Fighter Groups for the P-61 Black Widow ect.
3. Other us air forces are coming soon so stay tuned for additional volumes. Next up- the 5th Air Force.
4. Historical information on the units is easily obtainable via the internet, such as base of operations, and aircraft types.
5. These files are great for recreating historical USAAF misions and for Skin Painter's to include with their historical skins!
6. Enjoy. [img]/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.gif[/img]

If you find that there are errors in this volume please email me at:

310thCopperhead/Tophat One
CommandHQ310thVFBS@msn.com

310th Virtual Fighter/ Bomber Squadron Site:
http://www.members.tripod/tophatssquadron

USAAF 8thAF Regimentals By:
Lee Henderson/310thCopperhead

To Install: Nothing simpler, Just copy & paste all of the bmp's & text files into your
C:\Program Files\Ubi Soft\IL-2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles\PaintSchemes\Regiments

Volume One Contains the Following Fighter Groups & Squadrons:

4th Fighter Group
334th Fighter Squadron
335th Fighter Squadron
336th Fighter Squadron
20th Fighter Group
55th Fighter Squadron
77th Fighter Squadron
79th Fighter Squadron
55th Fighter Group
38th Fighter Squadron
338th Fighter Squadron
343rd Fighter Squadron
56th Fighter Group
61st Fighter Squadron
62dn Fighter Squadron
63rd Fighter Squadron
78th Fighter Group
82nd Fighter Squadron
83rd Fighter Squadron
84th Fighter Squadron
353rd Fighter Group
350th Fighter Squadron
351st Fighter Squadron
352nd Fighter Squadron
339th Fighter Group
503rd Fighter Squadron
504th Fighter Squadron
505th Fighter Squadron
352nd Fighter Group
328th Fighter Squadron
486th Fighter Squadron
487th Fighter Squadron
355th Fighter Group
354th Fighter Squadron
357th Fighter Squadron
358th Fighter Squadron
365th Fighter Group *Note: Group Insignia Not Avalible*
359th Fighter Squadron
360th Fighter Squadron
361st Fighter Squadron
357th Fighter Group
362nd Fighter Squadron
363rd Fighter Squadron
364th Fighter Squadron
359th Fighter Group
368th Fighter Squadron
369th Fighter Squadron
370th Fighter Squadron
361st Fighter Group
374th Fighter Squadron
375th Fighter Squadron
376th Fighter Squadron
364th Fighter Group *Note: Group Insignia Not Available*
383rd Fighter Squadron
384th Fighter Squadron
385th Fighter Squadron
479th Fighter Group
434th Fighter Squadron
435th Fighter Squadron
436th Fighter Squadron

More to Come SOON! Enjoy [img]/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.gif[/img]



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Ok Guys after a solid week of hard work and research i'm finnished my 1st isntallment of the USAAF insignia. In this volume you'll find the insignia for most of the units of the US 8th air force. What you wont find is crappy sigs like PC Arena. lol
I'm working on Volume Two-Kings Of the Heavies, US 8th Air Force Bomber Squadrons. (for those ai b-17's and flyable pby's [img]/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.gif[/img] )

Download Here:
http://www.il2skins.com/?action=disp...camefrom=intro


Here's a copy of the read me i included with the zip:

=Read me=
Copperhead's Air Force
Volume One- 8th Air Force Fighter Groups
Insignia Files for the USAAF's 8th Air Force

1. I have made every attempt to include as many of the 8th air force fighter groups as possible.
I you should find that I have missed any fighter groups that served with the US 8th AF in the ETO
Please email me with the information and I'll add them to the next volume. In some cases the insignia is not currently obtainable.
In those instances I have either substituted the MODERN insignia or omitted that insignia completely.
2. This is an on going project and this is only a small part of what is to come. [img]/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.gif[/img]
After I'm positive that all of the 8th Air force Fighter units are completed I'll then move on to the Bomber Groups for the B-17/24/25/26's
& special Squadrons like Night Fighter Groups for the P-61 Black Widow ect.
3. Other us air forces are coming soon so stay tuned for additional volumes. Next up- the 5th Air Force.
4. Historical information on the units is easily obtainable via the internet, such as base of operations, and aircraft types.
5. These files are great for recreating historical USAAF misions and for Skin Painter's to include with their historical skins!
6. Enjoy. [img]/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.gif[/img]

If you find that there are errors in this volume please email me at:

310thCopperhead/Tophat One
CommandHQ310thVFBS@msn.com

310th Virtual Fighter/ Bomber Squadron Site:
http://www.members.tripod/tophatssquadron

USAAF 8thAF Regimentals By:
Lee Henderson/310thCopperhead

To Install: Nothing simpler, Just copy & paste all of the bmp's & text files into your
C:\Program Files\Ubi Soft\IL-2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles\PaintSchemes\Regiments

Volume One Contains the Following Fighter Groups & Squadrons:

4th Fighter Group
334th Fighter Squadron
335th Fighter Squadron
336th Fighter Squadron
20th Fighter Group
55th Fighter Squadron
77th Fighter Squadron
79th Fighter Squadron
55th Fighter Group
38th Fighter Squadron
338th Fighter Squadron
343rd Fighter Squadron
56th Fighter Group
61st Fighter Squadron
62dn Fighter Squadron
63rd Fighter Squadron
78th Fighter Group
82nd Fighter Squadron
83rd Fighter Squadron
84th Fighter Squadron
353rd Fighter Group
350th Fighter Squadron
351st Fighter Squadron
352nd Fighter Squadron
339th Fighter Group
503rd Fighter Squadron
504th Fighter Squadron
505th Fighter Squadron
352nd Fighter Group
328th Fighter Squadron
486th Fighter Squadron
487th Fighter Squadron
355th Fighter Group
354th Fighter Squadron
357th Fighter Squadron
358th Fighter Squadron
365th Fighter Group *Note: Group Insignia Not Avalible*
359th Fighter Squadron
360th Fighter Squadron
361st Fighter Squadron
357th Fighter Group
362nd Fighter Squadron
363rd Fighter Squadron
364th Fighter Squadron
359th Fighter Group
368th Fighter Squadron
369th Fighter Squadron
370th Fighter Squadron
361st Fighter Group
374th Fighter Squadron
375th Fighter Squadron
376th Fighter Squadron
364th Fighter Group *Note: Group Insignia Not Available*
383rd Fighter Squadron
384th Fighter Squadron
385th Fighter Squadron
479th Fighter Group
434th Fighter Squadron
435th Fighter Squadron
436th Fighter Squadron

More to Come SOON! Enjoy [img]/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.gif[/img]



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Cool. Will you be able to find 56th Fighter Squadron insignia? (I sincerely hope so)

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Extreme,
Is that the 56th Fighter Group or 56th Fighter Squadron?
I've done the 56th FG (See list ^above^) If it's the 56th Fighterr SQUADRON.....I'll see what i can do[img]/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.gif[/img]
I'll need to know what Air Force they were in. If i cant find it on the net the US Air Force Historical Research Agency is on Maxwell AFB abought 4 miles from me...and they've been a big help. I'm sure they might can turn it up.

By the way how's that US campian your doing comming along?

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Extrme..is this the one your looking for?

56th
Fighter Squadron

Lineage
20 Nov 1940 - Constituted 56th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor)
15 Jan 1941 - Activated
15 May1942 - Redesignated 56th Fighter Squadron
1 May1944 - Disbanded

Note: Assignment of the unit once it left Alaska will not be covered.

Assignments

15 Jan 1941 - 1 May 1944 - 54th Pursuit (later Fighter) Group

Note: Assignment of the unit once it left Alaska will not be covered.

Stations

15 Jan 1941 - Hamilton Field, Ca
26 Jun 1941 - Everett, Wa
31 Jan 1942 - Harding Field, La
- Detachments operated from:
Santa Ana, Ca - 28 May - 12 Jun 42
Nome, Ak - 20 Jun - 20 Oct 42
Anchorage, Ak - 23 Oct - 21 Dec 42

Note: Assignment of the unit once it left Alaska will not be covered.

Aircraft

1941 - 1943 - P-39
1943 - 1944 - P-51

Operations

May - Jun 1942 - Air Defense of the West Coast
20 Jun - 21 Dec 1942 - Air Defense of Alaska
Apr 1943 - Apr 1944 - Replacement Training

Service Steamers
American Theater

Campaigns
Air Combat, Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Decorations
Distinguished Unit Citation: [Alaska, Jun] - 4 Nov 1942






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Sorry Copperhead310th but I missed the 56th Fighter Group in your list.

Any chance you could post the same info for the 56th Fighter Group as you have done for the 56th Fighter Squadron. That would give me some ideas for "The USAAF campaign"

I'm a bit concerned about the campaign at the moment though due to the problem with the P-47's loadouts - (always being given 2x 250lb bombs when you select rockets and drop-tanks!)

I'm looking for somewhere to host the campaign for "Beta testing" It's about 3MB at the moment - any ideas?

Is anyone else working on USAAF campaigns which will live in the campaign folder I've created.

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Extreme_One wrote:

I'm looking for somewhere to host the campaign for
- "Beta testing" It's about 3MB at the moment - any
- ideas?

Ummm Mud Movers maybe? Would be my 1st choice. 2nd would be simHQ, 3rd Netwings. What the community really needs is a snazy place like IL-2 Skins.com to host a missions data base. I'll see what i can dig up. (i would host it for you but i no longer have acces to our downloads page)

Extreme_One wrote:
Is anyone else working on USAAF campaigns which will
- live in the campaign folder I've created.
-
Not that i am aware of. But i highly doubt it. So by all means keep up the good work.

Extreme_One wrote:
Sorry Copperhead310th but I missed the 56th Fighter
- Group in your list.
-
- Any chance you could post the same info for the 56th
- Fighter Group as you have done for the 56th Fighter
- Squadron. That would give me some ideas for "The
- USAAF campaign"

Not a problem bro...Enjoy:
Info on the US 8th Air Force 56th Fighter Group:>

56th Fighter Group

"The WolfPack"

Air Forced Assigned To: 8th (Dec '42 - end WWII)

Stations Flown From:
Kings Ciffe, England (Dec '42 -April '43)
Horsham St Faith, England (April '43 - July '43)
Halesworth, England (July '43 - April '44)
Boxted, England (April '44 - end WWII)

Campaigns Flown in:
American Theatre
Air Offensive, Europe
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe



Awards Won:
Distinguished Unit Citation: ETO, 20 Feb -9 March '44
Distinguished Unit Citation: Holland, 18 Sept '44


Aces were:
(scores in the group only- some scored victories while flying in other groups or squadrons)

HQ: Schilling, D (22.5)
Zemke, H (15.25)
Johnson, G (1)


61st FS:
Pilot: Kills:
Gabreski, G (28) ("Gabby" Gabreski)
Johnson, R (25) (Robert Johnson???)
Powers, J (12)
Stewart, J (11.5)
Gladych, B (10)
Rankin, R (10)
Johnson, G (7.5)
Klibbe, F (7)
Keen, R (7)
Lamb, R (7)
Conger, P (6.5)
Carter, J (6)
Smith, L (6)
Bennett, J (5.5)
McCauley, F (5.5)
Smith, D (5.5)
Gerick, S (5)
McMinn, E (5)
Lanowski, W (4)
Schreiber, L (2)

62nd FS:
Christensen, F (21.5)
Williamson, F (13)
Quirk, M (11)
Schreiber, L (10)
Morrill, S (9)
Jackson, M (8)
Edens, B (7)
Moseley, M (6.5)
Cook, W (6)
Bostwick, G (5)
O'Neill, E (4.5)
Gould, N (4)
Dade, L (3)
Powers, J (2.5)
Johnson, R (2)
Smith, L (1)

63rd FS:
Mahurin, W (19.75)
Schlitz, G (8)
Johnson, G (7)
Truluck, J (7)
Hall, G (6)
Hart, C (6)
Comstock, H (5)
Conger, P (5)
Egan, J (5)
Vogt, J (5)
Bostwick, G (3)

Total Aircraft Claims in Air:
Destroyed Probable Damaged
664 59 239

Squadron Identification Codes:
61st 62nd 63rd
HV LM UN

Information Source:
USAF Historical Div. Air University
(Montgomery, Alabama)

{Notes on kill scoring in the USAAF in WWII}

World War II Aerial Victory Credits
Individual fighter pilots in single-seat aircraft earned almost all of the World War II aerial victory credits that were awarded during World War II. When two or more of its fighter pilots shared an aerial victory, the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) usually divided credit among them in accordance with the British system in World War I. For example, if two fighter pilots destroyed an enemy aircraft, each of them earned half a credit (.50). There was an exception. Each member of a night fighter crew earned one full credit for each enemy aircraft his crew destroyed. Thus, two or three credits were sometimes recorded for the destruction of a single enemy airplane, and an accurate number of aircraft destroyed cannot be obtained by simply adding victory credits.
Gunners on bombers such as B-17 Flying Fortresses and B-24 Liberators destroyed enormous numbers of enemy aircraft, but the Army Air Forces quickly abandoned the attempt to systematically award aerial victory credits to them. The average bomber had ten machine guns and six gunnery positions, and the average bomber formation contained many aircraft. If a formation shot down an enemy airplane, witnesses could not determine exactly which bomber, much less which gunner, destroyed the airplane.

Because no single list of USAAF victory credits could be prepared during or at the end of World War II, many different lists, each compiled according to rules adopted in a theater or by a numbered air force, remained after the fighting ended. Air Force historians later integrated these victory records into a single list following a carefully prepared set of criteria. The United States Air Force (USAF) counted World War II aerial victory credits only for USAAF flyers, or Allied aviators who belonged to USAAF units. The action had to occur between December 7, 1941 and September 2, 1945. Only fighter pilots or members of night fighter crews were eligible. The enemy aircraft had to be airborne, heavier than air, manned, and armed. Destruction involved shooting an enemy aircraft down, causing the pilot to bail out, intentionally ramming the airplane to make it crash, or maneuvering it into the ground or water. If the enemy airplane landed, despite its degree of damage, it was not counted as destroyed.

An eyewitness in another aircraft or gun camera film confirmed aerial victory credit claims. USAAF officials then awarded credit, usually through the issuance of numbered air force general orders. An aerial victory credit board, of which there were several during the war, also documented credits. In 1957, the Department of the Air Force assigned responsibility for verifying aerial victory credits, including those of World War II, to the USAF Historical Division, predecessor of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

During compilation of the World War II listing, historians prepared data cards for each aerial victory. Each card identified the individual who contributed to the victory, his serial number, his unit, the theater, the credit fraction or number, and the date of the credit. The cards listed documentary sources and sometimes the names of the other pilots who shared the victory. From these cards, the historians produced a series of computer printouts, and checked them against other sources, such as files from the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis.
A few victory credits board reports are lost. For example, XIX Tactical Air Command Victory Credits Board Report Numbers 71, 79, 80, and 81 have not been located, although references to them exist. Discovery of these missing reports might confirm some claims that by established standards could not be counted in this listing.

Each line of the World War II list contains the following information: name, rank, serial number, service, unit, theater, number of credits, and date. Abbreviations for the categories are:
Rank: FO, flight officer; 2LT, second lieutenant; 1LT, first lieutenant; CPT, captain; MAJ, major; LTC, lieutenant colonel; COL, colonel.
Service: AAF, Army Air Forces; PHIL, Philippine Air Force; RCAF, Royal Canadian Air Force; CAF, Chinese Air Force; POL, Polish Air Force.
Unit: AF, Air Force; AIR DV, Air Division; BMR DV, Bombardment Division; BMR SQ, Bombardment Squadron; CDO SQ, Commando Squadron; CDO GP, Commando Group; FPR SQ, Fighter Squadron (Provisional); FTR CM, Fighter Command; FTR GP, Fighter Group; FTR SQ, Fighter Squadron; FTR WG, Fighter Wing; NFR SQ, Night Fighter Squadron; PRN SQ, Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron; PRV GP, Provisional Group; PRV SQ, Provisional Squadron; PUR SQ, Pursuit Squadron; RCN SQ, Reconnaissance Squadron; TRN SQ, Training Squadron; WRN SQ, Weather Reconnaissance Squadron. On May 15, 1942, the Army Air Forces redesignated virtually all of its pursuit units as fighter units. In this list, all pursuit squadrons are listed as fighter squadrons with the exception of the 3d Pursuit Squadron, which for a time coexisted with the 3d Fighter Squadron.
Theater: AL, Alaska; CBI, China-Burma-India; CP, Central Pacific; ETO, European Theater of Operations; ICE, Iceland; MTO, Mediterranean Theater of Operations; SWP, Southwest Pacific.

All Seventh Air Force credits are designated as "Central Pacific" theater although some Seventh Air Force activities took place in the Western Pacific. All Fifth and Thirteenth Air Force credits are designated as "Southwest Pacific" theater, although some of the operations of these air forces took place in the South Pacific.

The Army Air Forces awarded close to 15,800 aerial victory credits during World War II. Approximately 690 American pilots scored at least 5 aerial victory credits during the war.

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That's excellent. Thanks a lot mate!

Copperhead310th wrote
-NOW.. lol Anything else you wanna know?

Is there anything else to know? [img]/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.gif[/img]

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