page_title: RAF Fowlmere
section_title: United States Army Air Forces use
hierarchical_section_title: RAF Fowlmere / Second World War / United States Army Air Forces use
caption_attribution_description: English: Captain George Hrico, Captain Evan M "Johnny" Johnson, Major Archie A Tower and Lieutenant Richard E Krauss of the 339th Fighter Group in front of a P-51 Mustang (6N-W, serial number 44-14705) nicknamed "Boomerang", assigned to Lieutenant Dick Thieme. Written on slide casing: 'Cpt Hrico, Johnson, Tower &amp; Krauss, 505 FS, Archie Tower.'
context_page_description: Royal Air Force Fowlmere or more simply RAF Fowlmere is a former Royal Air Force station located 4.2 miles northeast of Royston, Hertfordshire and 8.8 miles southwest of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
context_section_description: When the airfield was turned over to the USAAF, Fowlmere was expanded to meet the requirements of a complete fighter group.  The airfield was assigned USAAF designation Station 378  It was allocated to the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force fighter command.
  USAAF Station Units assigned to RAF Fowlmere were: 
  314th Service Group
  467th Service Squadron; HHS 314th Service Group
  331st Service Group
  464th and 465th Service Squadrons; HHS 331s Service Group
  18th Weather Squadron
  72nd Station Complement Squadron
  861st Engineer Aviation Battalion
  1178th Quartermaster Company
  1786th Ordnance Supply & Maintenance Company
  989th Military Police Company
  2120th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
  The 339th Fighter Group arrived at Fowlmere from Rice AAF, California on 4 April 1944. The group was under the command of the 66th Fighter Wing of the VIII Fighter Command. Aircraft of the group were identified by a red/white chequerboard pattern.
caption: Captain George Hrico, Captain Evan M "Johnny" Johnson, Major Archie A Tower and Lieutenant Richard E Krauss of the 339th Fighter Group in front of a P-51 Mustang (6N-W, serial number 44-14705) nicknamed "Boomerang", assigned to Lieutenant Dick Thieme. Written on slide casing: 'Cpt Hrico, Johnson, Tower & Krauss, 505 FS, Archie Tower.'
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