400 WWII Love Letters USAAF Sgt, 81st Fighter Group

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400 WWII Love Letters USAAF Sgt, 81st Fighter Group Search Description You are bidding on an incredible grouping of over 400 letters and papers from George Hunt of the 93rd Fighter Squadron, 81st fighter group who served from 1941 -1945. His rank changes from Private to Corporal to Staff Sergeant in that time. T are 64 letters from 1941, 163 from 1942, 66 from 1943, 94 from 1944 & 4 from 1945. This is truly an incredible grouping. I'm not anxious to sell this one, to tell the truth, as I feel that t's a lot of information that could be used for research or writing. Once overseas, he supported the invasions in North Africa and Sicily, then was relocated to the CBI theater for service in India and China. Vmails are also included, at least one of which is a preprinted Christmas message. Some are also included before they were shrunken down. All of these are intact with original envelopes and the STAMPS are still on them, t are a lot of great aircraft and other war stamps on these. He was trained at Kessler Field and t are 4 Kessler field newspapers included, plus 7 post cards from sightseeing and Army humor. T are approx. 20 pcs. of misc. papers including pay and savings documents from his girlfriend at the time who later became his wife, she worked at the GM - Packard Electric plant. I have not read the letters, I scanned a couple briefly and they seem to be full of daily routines and Love chat between them, this is a real treasure trove of info. I have the original strings that they were bundled in and I only opened the bundles to get a count on the pieces. T is also a telegram he sent to her. Also included is a PRESIDENTIAL CITATION SIGNED BY RICHARD NIXON IN MEMORY OF HIS DEATH AND IS IN THE ORIGINAL WHITE HOUSE MAILING ENVELOPE. This is a great research project as I have not researched this, it is untouched since I purchased it from an estate last Summer. What little research I have done states: 81st Fighter Group Constituted as 81st Pursuit Group (Intercepter) on 13 Jan 1942. Activated on 9 Feb 1942. Redesignated 81st Fighter Group in May 1942. Trained with P-39's. Moved overseas, Oct 1942-Feb 1943, the ground echelon arriving, in French Morocco with the force that invaded North Africa on 8 Nov, and the air echelon, which had trained for a time in England, arriving in North Africa between late Dec 1942 and early Feb 1943. Began combat with Twelfth AF in Jan 1943. Supported ground operations during the Allied drive against Axis forces in Tunisia. Patrolled the coast of Africa and protected Allied shipping in the Mediterranean Sea, Apr-Jul 1943. Provided cover for the convoys that landed troops on Pantelleria on II Jun and on Sicily on 10 Jul 1943. Supported the landings at Anzio on 22 Jan 1944 and flew patrols in that area for a short time. Moved to India, Feb-Mar 1944, and began training with P-40 and P-47 aircraft. Moved to China in May and became part of Fourteenth AF. Continued training and on occasion flew patrol and escort missions before returning to full-time combat duty in Jan 1945. Attacked enemy airfields and installations, flew escort missions, and aided the operations of Chinese ground forces by attacking troop concentrations, ammunition dumps, lines of communications, and other targets to hinder Japanese efforts to move men and materiel to the front. Inactivated in China on 27 Dec 1945. Activated in Hawaii on 15 Oct 1946. Equipped with P-51's; converted to F-47's early in 1948. Moved to the US in 1949 and converted to jet aircraft, receiving F-80's at first but changing to F-86's soon afterward. Redesignated 81st Fighter-Interceptor Group in Jan 1950. Moved to England, Aug-Sep 1951. Assigned to United States Air Forces in Europe. Redesignated 81st Fighter-Bomber Group in Apr 1954. Inactivated in England on 8 Feb 1955. Squadrons. 78th: 1952-1955. 91st: 1942-1945; 1946-1955. 92d: 1942-1945; 1946-1955. 93d: 1942-1945; 1946-1951. 116th: 1951-1952. Stations. Morris Field, NC,... read more

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