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The USAAF 365th Fighter Group (aka Hell Hawks) at Beaulieu Airfield
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 มิ.ย. 2024
- ➜ rafbeaulieu.co.uk
This short film is in memory of the 17 American airmen who died flying with the 365th Fighter Group aka the Hell Hawks whilst on operations out of RAF Beaulieu / Beaulieu Airfield / USAAF Station 408 in the New Forest, Hampshire, England. The 365th Fighter Group flew P-47 Thunderbolts and were based at Beaulieu from the beginning of March to the end of June 1944, including D-Day.
The Hell Hawks pilots who died during their time at Beaulieu Airfield were:
Damon Jesse Gause
Stanley Eugene Fish
James M Allen
Milton E Soward
Frederick O’Donnell
Robert L Shipe
Jack J Martell
Edsel J McKnight
Mahlon Tallmadge Stelle
Harold M Jones
Raymond Noriega Moraga
John Alfred Weese
Donald R Swinburne
Thomas C McAllister
Wallace Eugene Rock
Lloyd Irvin Riff
Marcel DuPont
I also wish to include the ferry pilot who died on Beaulieu Airfield:
William J Shaffer (326th Ferry Squadron / 27th Air Transport Group)
** Credits & Sources **
Hell Hawks on D-Day footage clipped from:
Southampton on Video: • USAAF 'Hell Hawks' - D...
P47 Thunderbolt sound effect clipped from:
• P-47 Thunderbolt flybys
Control tower photo copyright IWM:
www.iwm.org.uk...
Hell Hawks patch used on thumbnail recreated by Jon Fletcher.
Music: Bensound
License code: NXJZS77CWU3CL5NF
Thanks for an excellent video . My uncle , Don Newcomb, was a Hell Hawk . He joined the group when it was formed and was killed in action , July 11th , 1944 . He was just 23 . He will always be our hero !
Hi Rob, thanks for watching and the mention of Don. I am aware of Don as have a record of him flying in operations from Beaulieu so am glad you got to see some of the landscape. I wish I could have included all the pilots in this film, including him, but not to be this time. Perhaps I can make some more, I hope so!
There is film of his plane at Beaulieu code D5-N . He did not fly D-Day ops as he was grounded with a tonsillitis.
Thank you for your video and information about the 365th. My great uncle 2nd Lt. Jesse Rouintree joined the Hell Hawks after they moved to France. He was killed while on a ground attack flight on September 18, 1944 when 40 FW190's attacked the formation. His crash site was located in the Netherlands in 1946.
Hello Charles thank you so much for sharing his story: to date my knowledge of the hell hawks is very limited to their time in England. I plan to find out more about their time post June 1944 soon so will learn more about Jesse thank you
Thank you for the video. My father, Lt. JL McWhorter was a Hell Hawk P-47?pilot that supported allied troops at the time of the D-Day invasion.
Hello, thank you for getting in touch, it's always a privilege to hear from family members. Are there any recollections or anecdotes about Beaulieu Airfield you are able to share which might have been passed down to you please?
Thank you for another great video
Thank you 😊
4:23 I kid you not, that's a North American T-6 Texan / Harvard flying over. The 365th would have trainined on these before the P-47...
@@wireframebox quite simply a beautiful coincidence. Could not have timed it better.
This is a great watch,especially when Marc explains about the operations and ironically a WW2 Harvard flies over above the Beaulieu airfield ,probably exactly the same aircraft they likely would of trained to get them ready for the P-47 Thunderbolt .It is mentioned how these American USAAF pilots were very brave and determined especially being so far from home, it must of felt like another world to them back then.
@@SpitfireCGI thanks Gaz it was such an amazing coincidence and I couldn’t help but relate it to Stanley flying off into the clouds.
@TrexplorerUK I thought that too,it was exactly when you mentioned his name.
@@SpitfireCGI Yep, it can be quite an atmospheric place at times. If you ever fancy a walkabout there, do say if you come this way.
@@TrexplorerUK i bet and yes will do.
Thank you for your video. As an American who has always had an interest in the 2nd World War and also the 8th Air Force, your video was very interesting to me.
@@darrengilbert7438 hi Darren thanks for watching and leaving a comment it’s appreciated 😀
My dad was in the 386th, thank you for the video.
Hi David thank you for watching and the comment. Lovely to hear about dad, legend 😄
Amazing info as normal thanks
@@sarahgradidge5966 thanks Sarah 😀
Very poignant and interesting Marc
Cheers matt 😁
my daddy was a P-51 pilot in the 356th.
his name 2LT Thomas F Miller. was was credited with 5.25 kills. He survived the war, which was lucky for me as I was born in 1948.
I myself, am a veteran of the TET Offensive of 1968.
Hi Clarence thank you for sharing that with me. What a legend ❤