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Entry: 78971 31ST FIGHTER ESCORT WING	HANK BASED IN MANSTON
TOBY GAZE wrote on May 21, 2011 CITY AND STATE: GLOUCESTER UNIT: SERVICE OR RELATIONSHIP: OTHER Comments: looking for Hank, Stationed in RAF Manston as a TSgt in the year of 1951. Believed to be in either the 31st Fighter Escort Wing or the 12th Fighter Escort Wing. USAAF. Also believed to have gone to Japan as I have an old photo in my possesion of a shrine in Miyajima dated FEB 1952. Anybody that could help me with any info then please do, i will be very grateful. Thank you. Keywords: HANK, MANSTON, 1951, PAMELA COOK, LINDA, CLACTON, USAAF.

Entry: 72524 31ST FIGHTER ESCORT WING	FOX PETER ONE
ROBERT DALY wrote on November 25, 2009 CITY AND STATE: CRYSTAL RIVER FL UNIT: 508 SFW ,F-84 SERVICE OR RELATIONSHIP: AIR FORCE VETERAN Comments: that was a news worthy expierence,i understand that the base is now owned by a brewery-but they have set up a pretty good museum over there..I`ve seen new photos of misawa,and what a difference! Keywords:

Entry: 67930 31ST FIGHTER ESCORT WING
FRANK HAYES wrote on November 18, 2008 CITY AND STATE: PORT WASHINGTON NY UNIT: 91ST STRAT RECON WING SERVICE OR RELATIONSHIP: AIR FORCE VETERAN Comments: I participated in Fox Peter One. One summer afternoon in 1952, the F-84Gs of the 31st SFW landed at Lockbourne AFB, OH. About midnight we were out on the ramp preflighting the radars on all of our KB-29P tankers and the old World War Two Crew Chiefs were busy running up the 3350 engines on all of our twenty KB-29s. It was exciting, the first time us new troops had participated in something that we knew was important. About 0200 the KB-29s cranked up and one-by-one took off, taking every foot of that 10,000 ft runway, enroute to Sacramento. At about 0700 the F-84Gs took off and caught up with the KB-29s for air refueling. The 91st had the first Jet Bombers in SAC, 33 four-engine RB-45C photo recon bombers, first bomber to cross the Pacific non-stop and first jet bomber to fly combat, in Korea. 1953 we traded our KB-29s and RB-45Cs in for KC-97s and RB-47Es and later the RB-47E. I later worked as a techrep with the 506th SFW (first F-84Fs) and the 4080th SRW at Del Rio, TX with the RB-57D Black Knights and the U-2 Dragon Lady. I thank you for your service to the United States of America. Very Respectfully, Frank Hayes Keywords: 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing Armament and Electronics Squadron, Radar Bomb Nav and K-Systems January 1952 to January 1955 KB-29P, KC-97, RB-45C, RB-47B and RB-47E Photo Recon

Entry: 57592 31ST FIGHTER ESCORT WING	FOX PETER ONE MISSION '52
JOHN MONDEAU JR. wrote on June 10, 2006 CITY AND STATE: WINCHESTER MA UNIT: 31ST A-E MAINT. SQDN. SERVICE OR RELATIONSHIP: AIR FORCE VETERAN Comments: Took part in Fox Peter One eperation . First SAC movement of single engine jet fighters ( F 84 ) accross Pacific utilized in flight refueling. Entire wing moved from Turner Field Ga to Japan 3 mos TDY.. Keywords: 31St A and E Maint Sqdn.Turner AFB Albany Ga Dec 1951 Jan 1955

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