UPL 24743
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P-51C-5-NT #42-103517 "Strolling Jim" Code: #21 325th Fighter Group - 317th Fighter Squadron Pilot: James O. Glanville
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Units
![Colonel Herschel H. Green, of the 317th Fighter Squadron, 325th Fighter Group, 306th Fighter Wing, 15th Air Force stands by the cockpit of his P-51B Mustang. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'P-51B, Col. H.H. Green. J.C.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-458057.jpg?itok=w6h7baBE)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
![Colonel Herschel H. Green, of the 317th Fighter Squadron, 325th Fighter Group, 306th Fighter Wing, 15th Air Force stands by the cockpit of his P-51B Mustang. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'P-51B, Col. H.H. Green. J.C.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-458057.jpg?itok=w6h7baBE)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
![Second World War formation badge for the United States 15th Air Force (United States Army Air Force). The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved by the US Quartermaster General on 19 February 1944. Formation note: the 15th Air Force (US Army Air Force, Fifteenth Air Force) was formed on 1 November 1943 at Tunis in North Africa and moved to Italy on 1 December. The Force was disbanded on 15 September 1945 having participated in twelve campaigns.© IWM (INS 7304)](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-36277.jpeg?itok=axjHfLci)
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
Aircraft
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-24743.jpeg?itok=TZpqtHR2)
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Strolling Jim
- Unit: 325th Fighter Group 317th Fighter Squadron
Locations
![An airman of the 325th Fighter Group, 15th Air Force paints a "Kill" marker onto the fuselage of a P-51 Mustang (serial number 43-24856).](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-394888.jpg?itok=DRcio_22)
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
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ContributorMark Glanville
Sources
James O.Glanville is my father. His name was misspelled "Granville" in the original caption of this photo in the book "Checkertails" by Ernest R. McDowell. He's listed correctly in McDowell's earlier book " Checkertail Clan"
Thanks for keeping the Checkertails in our memories.
Mark Glanville