If one wants more tidbits on Col Laven, there is a photos in the Squadron Signal F-84 in Action showing an F-84 with checkerboard markings in a unit in Germany that the Col commanded in the early 50s.
I sort of am stuck on the 14th Fighter Group when it served in Bangor.
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George Laven served at Dow Field, Bangor, ME between 1947 and 1949 with the 14th Fighter Group. He may have been a squadron commander. They were the first Group in the Air Force to recieve the P-84B Thunder Jet. There are photos in archives at the USAF Museum showing Major Laven with his F-84B...