555th Fighter Training Squadron
Squadron
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FRE 3240
A crashed P-51 Mustang (C7-Y, serial number 43-6503) of the 555th Fighter Training Squadron, 496th Fighter Training Group.
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Goxhill |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 362nd Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-823087
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 354th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-437025
- Highest Rank: Major General
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 555th Fighter Training Squadron 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-725321
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 555th Fighter Training Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-744722
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 555th Fighter Training Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 370th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 356th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 354th Fighter Squadron 361st Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Marj Priority Nil
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 486th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron 77th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 67th Observation Group 109th Observation Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron
Revisions
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Sources
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)