503rd Fighter Squadron
Squadron
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FRE 5983
Captain Lloyd J "Jeff" French and airman of the 339th Fighter Group with a P-51 Mustang (D7-A, serial number 44-11623) nicknamed "Rusty".
Image via James Starnes.
Written on slide casing: 'Cpt JL French & 411623 D7-A. A/C which Preddy KIA.'
Capt. Lloyd J "Jeff" French, [West Hartford CT], 503rd Fighter Squadron. P-51K 44-11623 D7-A "Rusty".
L-R Bellman brothers, [Manhattan KS]; crew chief S/Sgt. Robert C Burns, [Minneapolis, MN] & Capt. French.
Source - 339th Fighter Group Association. Roger Freeman Collection
Image via James Starnes.
Written on slide casing: 'Cpt JL French & 411623 D7-A. A/C which Preddy KIA.'
Capt. Lloyd J "Jeff" French, [West Hartford CT], 503rd Fighter Squadron. P-51K 44-11623 D7-A "Rusty".
L-R Bellman brothers, [Manhattan KS]; crew chief S/Sgt. Robert C Burns, [Minneapolis, MN] & Capt. French.
Source - 339th Fighter Group Association. Roger Freeman Collection
Barbara L. Collopy; daughter of Robert C. Burns
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
---|---|---|
Based |
Fowlmere | 5 April 1944 - 10 October 1945 |
Other |
Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group 503rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-829833
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group 503rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-811879
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron 503rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-825421
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group 503rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-829839
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group 503rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-810646
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group 503rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group 503rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group 503rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group 503rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 351st Fighter Squadron 503rd Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron
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Sources
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)