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Honor Roll/Resource tool 27th Fighter Group - 10/01/2007 10:13:38 AM
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RE: Honor Roll/Resource tool 27th Fighter Group - 11/29/2007 11:39:30 AM
Updated 29 Nov 2007
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RE: Honor Roll/Resource tool 27th Fighter Group - 12/01/2007 08:29:40 AM
Is this a typo? From history page this website
 
http://www.armyairforces.com/dbgroups.asp?Group=50
 
 Remanned and equipped with A-20's. Trained in the US until Nov 1942. Moved to North Africa. Converted to A-36 aircraft. Began operations with Twelfth AF in Jun 1943 and served in the Mediterranean theater until the end of the war. Converted to P-40's in Jan 1944 and to P-47's in Jun 1944. Redesignated 27th Fighter-Bomber Group in Aug 1943, and 17th Fighter Group in May 1944. Participated in the reduction of Pantelleria and Lampedusa. Supported ground forces during the conquest of Sicily. Covered the landings at Salerno and received a DUC for preventing three German armored divisions from reaching the Salerno beachhead, 10 Sep 1943. Supported Fifth Army during the Allied drive toward Rome. Took part in the invasion Southern France and assisted Seventh Army's advance up the Rhone Valley, receiving a DUC for helping to disrupt the German retreat, 4 Sep 1944. Took part in the interdiction of the enemy's communications in northern Italy, and assisted in the Allied drive from France into Germany during the last months of the war. Returned to the US, Oct-Nov 1945. Inactivated on 7 Nov 1945.
 
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RE: Honor Roll/Resource tool 27th Fighter Group - 12/03/2007 07:40:34 AM
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RE: Honor Roll/Resource tool 27th Fighter Group - 02/26/2008 08:18:48 AM
Revised 26 Feb 2008
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RE: Honor Roll/Resource tool 27th Fighter Group - 03/16/2008 08:41:54 AM
Updated 15 Mar 2008 found 2 more MACR for 1943
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RE: Honor Roll/Resource tool 27th Fighter Group - 06/23/2008 11:58:48 AM
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