363rd Fighter Squadron

Squadron
media-19436.jpeg UPL 19436 Nearest camera Lt Col Guernsey I Carlisle, 363rd Fighter Squadron, 357 Fighter Group in P-51B 43-6712 B6-W. Also 43-6644 and 43-6935, fourth A/C obscured and unidentified.

P-51B 43-6712 B6-W flown here by Maj, later LtCol. Guernsey I Carlisle whilst with the HQ unit. Note the badly applied "W" of the aircraft's code letter.

Brought together information from duplicate record, additional information supplied by Pyker

Object Number - UPL 19436 - Nearest camera Lt Col Guernsey I Carlisle, 363rd Fighter Squadron, 357 Fighter Group in P-51B 43-6712 B6-W. Also 43-6644 and 43-6935, fourth A/C...

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Leiston

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-722140
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17113623 at enlistment, then O-700316
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot
A P-51 mustang aircraft of the 84th Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group - based at Duxford. The aircraft (serial number 44-63209) was named "Sherman Was Right" - originally piloted by First Lieutenant Frank E. Oiler. The phrase referenced remarks made by General William T. Sherman (who had commanded Union forces during the American Civil War) - "There is many a boy here today who thinks war is all glory but, boys, it is all hell." This aircraft was lost on an escort mission on 3rd March 1945, when being
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron 84th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-700317
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron 385th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-745564
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Donald J Pasaka flight training photo
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-702833
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Speedball Alice
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 363rd Fighter Squadron 82nd Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)

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