404th Fighter Group
Group
A unit history of the 404th Fighter Group is available online as a pdf:
http://www.winkton.net/Leap%20Off/LeapOffPdf3.pdf
506th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
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George Stovall, 404th FG, 506th FS
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2LT Charles Edward Labno Fighter Pilot 404th FG - 506th FS - 9th AF KIA - 22 June 1944
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2LT Phillip E. Harbert Fighter Pilot 404th FG - 506th FS - 9th AF KIA - 25 January 1945
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MAJ Raymond P. Elledge, Jr. Fighter Pilot 404th FG - 506th FS - 9th AF Shot down & captured
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Thomas Crawford Leake III Fighter Pilot 404th FG - 506th FS - 9th AF KIA - 25 August 1944 Photo taken from his college yearbook when he was about 21 years old.
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1LT Robert B. Klemola Fighter Pilot 404th FG - 506th FS - 9th AF KIS - 8 June 1945
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Joseph C. Joyce, Jr. Fighter Pilot 404th FG - 506th FS - 9th AF KIA - 9 May 1944 Photo is from his high school yearbook when he was about 17 years old.
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CPT Russell A. Francis Fighter Pilot 404th FG - 506th FS - 9th AF KIA - 22 April 945
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1LT Robert G. Fenstermacher Fighter Pilot 404th FG - 506th FS - 9th AF KIA - 26 December 1944
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1LT Joseph Howard Vivian 404th FG - 506th FS - 9th AF MIA - 7 June 1944
Structure
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508th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
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- Encompassing
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Barton Christopher
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 404th Fighter Group
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Max Conn
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 404th Fighter Group
Credited with two enemy aircraft destroyed. -
Chester Dunsmore
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 404th Fighter Group
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Raymond Elledge
Military | Major | Fighter Pilot | 404th Fighter Group
Shot down on his 43rd combat mission -
Robert Fenstermacher
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 404th Fighter Group
Army Air Force 1st Lt. Robert G. Fenstermacher, of Scranton, was a P-47D pilot who crashed in Belgium in December 1944 during an armed-reconnaissance mission against targets in Germany. He was 23. ... -
William Frost
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter pilot | 404th Fighter Group
Assigned to 506FS, 404FG, 8AF USAAF. "During an early familiarisation flight with a fully loaded P47C [41-6529], 1st Lt William Frost had to carry out an emergency return to the airfield, having notified the field controller that he had a fuel leak and... -
George Gehling
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 404th Fighter Group
Flew 43 combat missions -
Phillip Harbert
Military | Second Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 404th Fighter Group
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Paul Hederstrom
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 404th Fighter Group
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Charles Hochadel
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 404th Fighter Group
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42-22770
P-47 Thunderbolt
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42-25720
P-47 Thunderbolt
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42-25893 Joan - The Happy Hopper
P-47 Thunderbolt
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42-26465 Rae
P-47 Thunderbolt
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42-28933
P-47 Thunderbolt
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42-75098
P-47 Thunderbolt
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42-75173
P-47 Thunderbolt
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42-8379
P-47 Thunderbolt
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42-27221 'I'll Get By'
P-47 Thunderbolt
P-47 Thunderbolt "I'll Get By" 42-27221 of the 404th Fighter Group, flown by Colonel Leonard C Moon. -
42-7884 'Reggie's Reply' / 'Lucky' 'Donnie Boy'
P-47 Thunderbolt
P-47D Thunderbolt 42-7884, was 2nd Lt John Godfrey's first 'REGGIE'S REPLY', which he inherited from his future flight leader 1st Lt. Don Gentile. ...
Stations
| Station | Location | Date |
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| Based | Winkton |
Connections
People
Aircraft
Citations
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 13 March 2015 15:58:57 | rossingtonj | Changes to type |
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Type added. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:42:49 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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) |
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