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Pilots on Parade

404th Fighter Group Decorations Ceremony, St. Trond, Belgium, October 12, 1944

presentations by Major General Hoyt S Vandenberg, US Ninth Air Force commander.

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Captain Harold W ("Horse") Freemantle

Captain Howard L ("Skin") Galbreath
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1st Lt D ("Out-Hout") Int-Hout

The four pilots in a line are 1st Lt Crocker, 2nd Lt Fisher, 1st Lt Int-Hout, Capt.Simpson.

Major Joseph K Sherwood
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Capt O ("Ollie") Simpson

Left Major General Hoyt S Vandenberg, US Ninth Air Force commander, centre: 2d Lt. John W. Wainwright, right: Colonel Carroll "Red" McColpin, 404th Fighter Group commander, a former RAF Eagle squadron commander and a fighter ace with eight confirmed victories. Colonel Carroll W McColpin was the base commander at Winkton in 1944. Wainwright was presented with the Air Medal. General Vandenberg had recommended him for the Distinguished Service Cross for his six victories on September 28, 1944 but the DSC was not awarded until January 8, 1945. Sadly Wainwright was killed in an aircraft accident in Germany on July 7, 1945.

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