oose
Active Member
Hi all,
Hope you all had a fine Christmas! I finally got around to getting a few things, I picked this unusual ashtray up, it seems to come from that post war occupation period and one of the earliest US P-80 jet units. This is all the information I have on 1/Lt. William M. Dauchy, if anyone can add to it I would be grateful.
1/Lt. William M. Dauchy
338th FS - 15 April 1945 - Unknown
Army Serial Number - O-683978
Trained in 'A' Flight in Florida on P-40's and set sail for England in March 1945.
15 April 1945 - Joined the 338th Fighter Squadron
26 May 1945 - Promoted from 2nd Lieutenant to 1st Lieutenant
21 October 1945 - Went on 7 days leave
24 October 1945 - Appointed Flight Leader
01 February 1946 - Appointed Squadron Instrument Check Pilot
25 February 1946 - Temporary Duty to Munich to take Regular Army examinations
338th FS
After the German capitulation, the unit became part of the United States Air Forces in Europe Army of Occupation, at AAF Station Kaufbeuren, then moved to AAF Station Giebelstadt in early 1946 where it received its first jet aircraft, the P-80A Shooting Star. Ii was inactivated in August 1946, when personnel were demobilized and its aircraft were transferred to the 31st Fighter Group.
307th FS, 31st FG
Reactivated from elements of several inactivating organizations in Germany in August 1946, Performed occupation duty and operating early-model P-80A Shooting Star jets from former Luftwaffe jet-capable airfields at Giebelstadt and Kitzingen. Returned to the United States in June 1947 without personnel or equipment which remained in Germany.
Later on he seems to have been promoted up to Major and in charge of air force recruiting in the 1960's.
All the best
Stu
Hope you all had a fine Christmas! I finally got around to getting a few things, I picked this unusual ashtray up, it seems to come from that post war occupation period and one of the earliest US P-80 jet units. This is all the information I have on 1/Lt. William M. Dauchy, if anyone can add to it I would be grateful.
1/Lt. William M. Dauchy
338th FS - 15 April 1945 - Unknown
Army Serial Number - O-683978
Trained in 'A' Flight in Florida on P-40's and set sail for England in March 1945.
15 April 1945 - Joined the 338th Fighter Squadron
26 May 1945 - Promoted from 2nd Lieutenant to 1st Lieutenant
21 October 1945 - Went on 7 days leave
24 October 1945 - Appointed Flight Leader
01 February 1946 - Appointed Squadron Instrument Check Pilot
25 February 1946 - Temporary Duty to Munich to take Regular Army examinations
338th FS
After the German capitulation, the unit became part of the United States Air Forces in Europe Army of Occupation, at AAF Station Kaufbeuren, then moved to AAF Station Giebelstadt in early 1946 where it received its first jet aircraft, the P-80A Shooting Star. Ii was inactivated in August 1946, when personnel were demobilized and its aircraft were transferred to the 31st Fighter Group.
307th FS, 31st FG
Reactivated from elements of several inactivating organizations in Germany in August 1946, Performed occupation duty and operating early-model P-80A Shooting Star jets from former Luftwaffe jet-capable airfields at Giebelstadt and Kitzingen. Returned to the United States in June 1947 without personnel or equipment which remained in Germany.
Later on he seems to have been promoted up to Major and in charge of air force recruiting in the 1960's.
All the best
Stu