332nd Fighter Group

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 A ground crewman of the 332nd Fighter Group, 15th Air Force on the tail of a P-51 Mustang. Written on slide casing: '332 FG.' media-394887.jpg FRE 7556 A ground crewman of the 332nd Fighter Group, 15th Air Force on the tail of a P-51 Mustang. Written on slide casing: '332 FG.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 7556 - A ground crewman of the 332nd Fighter Group, 15th Air Force on the tail of a P-51 Mustang. Written on slide casing: '332 FG.'

Commanding Officers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 332nd Fighter Group 99th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-20146
  • Highest Rank: General
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot / Squadron Commander / Group Commander

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Ramitelli 28 May 1944 - 4 May 1945

Other

Assigned 12th Air Force

Other

Assigned 15th Air Force

Encompassing

People

Staff Sergeant William Accoo of the 15th Air Force cleans a P-51 Mustang. Printed caption on reverse is damage: 'BIPPA, EA 35888. U.S. Mustang Flyers At Italian Base. Staff Sergeant William Accoo of Salen[sic], New Jersey, crew chief in a Negro group of the 15th U.S. Air Force, washes down the PP-51 Mustang fighter plane of his pilot with soap and water... to give it more speed. Mediterranean... Forces Photo PRO-HQ-44-2384. Serviced... London OWI (Inner... Certified... Passed by SHAEF Censor....' Printed
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 332nd Fighter Group 99th Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Crew Chief
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 332nd Fighter Group 302nd Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-809236
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 332nd Fighter Group 99th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-801161
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Fred Brewer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 332nd Fighter Group 100th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34462478 / O-824827
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 332nd Fighter Group 100th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-824828
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot / Squadron Commander

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 332nd Fighter Group 302nd Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 332nd Fighter Group
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Hazel II
  • Unit: 52nd Fighter Group 5th Fighter Squadron 332nd Fighter Group 301st Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 332nd Fighter Group 100th Fighter Squadron
An F-6 Mustang of the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group in flight. Handwritten on reverse: 'P-51C, 15th TRS, 10th PRG. "Not For Publication. Tom Ivie.'
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron 332nd Fighter Group 302nd Fighter Squadron

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AAMB Media Archive

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Removed unit history copied from Wikipedia

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332nd FG Insignia

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Taken from the insignia of the 332nd FG and the 477th BG

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