430th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
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FRE 5418
Corporal Carl Barlow of the 55th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group prepares to load .50 caliber ammunition into P-38J-15-LO, s/n 43-28393, coded KI-W_, nicknamed "Wrangler", flown by Lieutenant Colonel Cyril Wilson, June 1944. Aircraft transferred to 474th Fighter Group, 430th Fighter Squadron as K6-L. Aircraft lost 8 June1945 on routine flight west of Strasbourg, France.
Handwritten on slide:"Cy Wilson's a/c 1944 55th Ftr 20th FtrGp. CPL CARL BARLOW Printed on slide: "J.W. PHEGLEY 1905 13TH ST. EUREKA, CA 95501" Roger Freeman Collection
Handwritten on slide:"Cy Wilson's a/c 1944 55th Ftr 20th FtrGp. CPL CARL BARLOW Printed on slide: "J.W. PHEGLEY 1905 13TH ST. EUREKA, CA 95501" Roger Freeman Collection
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Warmwell |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 474th Fighter Group 430th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16136694 / O-773507
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 474th Fighter Group 430th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-755869
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 474th Fighter Group 430th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-755870
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot 1056 twin engine
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 474th Fighter Group 430th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Major General
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot 1056 multi-engine/Squadron Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 474th Fighter Group 430th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 474th Fighter Group 430th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Hardtime
- Unit: 474th Fighter Group 430th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 474th Fighter Group 430th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 474th Fighter Group 430th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Wrangler
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 474th Fighter Group 430th Fighter Squadron 55th Fighter Squadron
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Sources
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)