page_title: RAF Debden
section_title: United States Army Air Forces use
hierarchical_section_title: RAF Debden / History / United States Army Air Forces use
caption_attribution_description: English: A large group of 4th Fighter Group pilots sitting on or standing in front of a P-47 Thunderbolt at Debden air base. The 4th Fighter Group flew P-47 Thunderbolts on missions between March 1943 and February 1944. Standing L to R: Selden Edner, Earl Carlow, Clemens Fiedler, Leon Blanding, Frank Bayles, Charles Anderson, Bernard McGrattan, James Happel, Paul Ellington and James W, Dye. On the wing of the aircraft L to R: Don Young, Kenneth G. Smith, Don Ross,&#160;??, Cecil E. Manning, Robert Patterson, James H. Brandenburg,&#160;?M. Thorpe?, Albert Schlegel and George Carpenter. On the fuselage L to R: Roy Evans, Fonzo "Snuffy" Smith, Cadman V. Padgett,&#160;?Ernest Beatie?, James Steel and&#160;??.
context_page_description: Royal Air Force Debden or more simply RAF Debden is a former Royal Air Force station located 3 miles southeast of Saffron Walden and approximately 1 mile north of the village of Debden in North Essex, England
context_section_description: The airfield was transferred on 12 September 1942 to the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force.  Debden was assigned USAAF designation Station 356.
  USAAF Station Units assigned to RAF Debden  were: 
  33rd Service Group
  41st and 45th Service Squadrons; HHS 33d Service Group
  18th Weather Squadron
  24th Station Complement Squadron
  225th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion
  1030th Signal Company
  1063rd Military Police Company
  1126th Quartermaster Company
  1192nd Military Police Company
  1770th Ordnance Supply & Maintenance Company
  2119th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
  546th Army Postal Unit
caption: A large group of 4th Fighter Group pilots sitting on or standing in front of a P-47 Thunderbolt at Debden air base. The 4th Fighter Group flew P-47 Thunderbolts on missions between March 1943 and February 1944.
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