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    1. Re: [WORLD WAR II] 1944 photo of US Servicemen in England
    2. Trevor, The photo may provide clues to narrow your search such as pilots wings on uniforms or unit patches on their shoulders and I would be glad to take a look at it, but for now I thought you may want to know the following: Grove (Wantage), Berkshire, England USAAF (US Army Air Force) Station # 519 Code-X2GR Location-N 51.36 W 01.26 Units assigned are listed as assigned to: U.S. IXth (9th) Air Force IXth Air Service Command 43rd Air Depot Group 45th Air Depot Group 27th Air Transport Group 31st Air Transport Group 87th Air Transport Squadron 313th Air Transport Squadron 314th Air Transport Squadron 310th Ferrying Squadron 325th Ferrying Squadron 326th Ferrying Squadron 806th Medical Air Evacuation Squadron 811th Medical Air Evacuation Squadron The air transport and air depot groups were primarily used to ferry newly arriving aircraft prior to their assignment to combat units, maintenance, transport of wounded, and the handling of the tremendous amount of supplies being fed to the armies after the D-day landings at Normandy. Until deep water ports at Cherbourg and Antwerp were captured and repaired because of damage by sabotage from Germans and allied bombing, the majority of supplies were transported by ship across the English Channel directly to the invasion beaches and of course by air to airfields in France behind the allied lines. I would focus on searches that reference the names listed on the photo, to the units listed as being assigned to USAAF station # 519 at Grove. Another clue is that since all the names listed are officers, it may be logical to consider that they may have been pilots in any of the above units at that airfield. I don't think it is likely that they all belonged to a supply unit at Grove but simply were there for the photo, but I suppose it could also be that they were assigned to a supply detachment that served one of these same units. Google all of the names on the photo with the units listed and maybe you can get some matches at Grove (Wantage) _http://www.pixture.co.uk/Airfields/Pages/Grove.htm_ (http://www.pixture.co.uk/Airfields/Pages/Grove.htm) . Good Luck! Rick

    02/24/2006 11:51:15