The USAAF 365th Fighter Group (aka Hell Hawks) at Beaulieu Airfield

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➜ 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/collections/it...
Hell Hawks patch used on thumbnail recreated by Jon Fletcher.
Music: Bensound
License code: NXJZS77CWU3CL5NF

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@RobEssery-t1g 19 күн бұрын

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 !

@TrexplorerUK 19 күн бұрын

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!

@RobEssery-t1g 19 күн бұрын

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.

@charlesegannon702 23 күн бұрын

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.

@TrexplorerUK 22 күн бұрын

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

@me2mc 14 күн бұрын

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.

@TrexplorerUK 14 күн бұрын

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?

@wireframebox 24 күн бұрын

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...

@TrexplorerUK 24 күн бұрын

@@wireframebox quite simply a beautiful coincidence. Could not have timed it better.

@user-yv1qh9bu8z 24 күн бұрын

Thank you for another great video

@TrexplorerUK 24 күн бұрын

Thank you 😊

@mattdeane7500 24 күн бұрын

Very poignant and interesting Marc

@TrexplorerUK 24 күн бұрын

Cheers matt 😁

@sarahgradidge5966 4 күн бұрын

Amazing info as normal thanks

@TrexplorerUK 4 күн бұрын

@@sarahgradidge5966 thanks Sarah 😀

@darrengilbert7438 23 күн бұрын

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.

@TrexplorerUK 23 күн бұрын

@@darrengilbert7438 hi Darren thanks for watching and leaving a comment it’s appreciated 😀

@SpitfireCGI 20 күн бұрын

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.

@TrexplorerUK 20 күн бұрын

@@SpitfireCGI thanks Gaz it was such an amazing coincidence and I couldn’t help but relate it to Stanley flying off into the clouds.

@SpitfireCGI 20 күн бұрын

@TrexplorerUK I thought that too,it was exactly when you mentioned his name.

@TrexplorerUK 19 күн бұрын

@@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.

@SpitfireCGI 19 күн бұрын

@@TrexplorerUK i bet and yes will do.