422nd Night Fighter Squadron

Squadron
A P-61 Black Widow (serial number 42-5558) of the 422nd Night Fighter Squadron taxies along the runway at Podington, July, 1944. Image via William Furness. Written on slide casing: '422 NFS.' media-396244.jpg FRE 7469 A P-61 Black Widow (serial number 42-5558) of the 422nd Night Fighter Squadron taxies along the runway at Podington, July, 1944. Image via William Furness. Written on slide casing: '422 NFS.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 7469 - A P-61 Black Widow (serial number 42-5558) of the 422nd Night Fighter Squadron taxies along the runway at Podington, July, 1944. Image via William...

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Charmy Down 7 March 1944 - 6 May 1944

Other

Assigned to 9th Air Force

7 March 1944

Other

Assigned to IX Tactical Air Command

12 March 1944

Based

Scorton 6 May 1944 - 28 June 1944

Based

Hurn 28 June 1944 - 6 July 1944

Based

Ford 6 July 1944 - 25 July 1944

Based

Maupertus 25 July 1944 - 28 August 1944

Based

Chateaudun 28 August 1944 - 16 September 1944

Based

Florennes / Juzaine 16 September 1944 - 6 April 1945

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 422nd Night Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-746016
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 422nd Night Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Night Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: Australian
  • Unit: 422nd Night Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Radar Observer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 422nd Night Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16050340
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Aircraft Crew Chief
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 422nd Night Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 422nd Night Fighter Squadron 305th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 379th Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: P-61 Black Widow
  • Nicknames: Husslin Hussey
  • Unit: 422nd Night Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-61 Black Widow
  • Nicknames: Lady Gen
  • Unit: IX Air Support Command 422nd Night Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-61 Black Widow
  • Nicknames: Borrowed Time
  • Unit: 422nd Night Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-61 Black Widow
  • Nicknames: Jukin Judy
  • Unit: 422nd Night Fighter Squadron

Revisions

Date
ContributorEmily
Changes
Date
Changes
Sources

Stations added with details from:
- "Battle Colors Volume III - Insignia and Tactical Markings of the Ninth Air Force in World War Two' by Robert A. Watkins;
- http://www.ixengineercommand.com/airfields/physical.php

Date
ContributorEMBLEMHUNTER
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Sources

my art

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
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)

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