485th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
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FRE 10248
A line of P-51 Mustangs, formerly of the 370th Fighter Group, 485th Fighter Squadron ('7F') and 402nd Fighter Squadron ('E6') in Fürth at 1948, assigned to head to Sweden. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1948. Furth For Sweden. Tage Danielsson. 370th F.G., 485th F.S., 9th Air Force.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 370th Fighter Group 485th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: IX Tactical Air Command 370th Fighter Group 485th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-763166
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot, P-38 Model J-15
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 370th Fighter Group 485th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-763219
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 485th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-404122
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 370th Fighter Group 485th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17152784 / O-769905
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 370th Fighter Group 485th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: Base Air Depot 3 370th Fighter Group 479th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron 434th Fighter Squadron 485th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Bomba Dear
- Unit: Base Air Depot 3 370th Fighter Group 485th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Wine, Women and Song
- Unit: 370th Fighter Group 485th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 370th Fighter Group 485th 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)