310th Ferry Squadron

Squadron
A P-51 Mustang (VQ-C_, serial number 43-12425) of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: 'VII FC Tec' ops. VQ-C_.' media-394933.jpg FRE 7524 A P-51 Mustang (VQ-C_, serial number 43-12425) used as a hack plane by the 310th Ferry Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group at Mount Farm.

Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: 'VII FC Tec' ops. VQ-C_.' Roger Freeman Collection

Caption updated based on research conducted by Ted Damick and Peter Randall

Object Number - FRE 7524 - A P-51 Mustang (VQ-C_, serial number 43-12425) used as a hack plane by the 310th Ferry Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group at Mount Farm. Image by...

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

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Warton

People

Flight Surgeon Captain George R "Doc" Hornig gives Lieutenant Milton Anderson of the 61st Fighter Squadron,  56th Fighter Group a check up, 29 November 1943. Passed for publication 29 Nov 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Cpt. George Horning & Lt. Milton Anderson - 61FS - 29/11/43. 295017 [censor no], WOR 262781.' On reverse: Associated Press and part-obscured US Army Censor [Stamps].
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 56th Fighter Group 310th Ferry Squadron 61st Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20927571 / O-661175
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 352nd Fighter Group Base Air Depot 2 310th Ferry Squadron 487th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18019552 / T-?
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 495th Fighter Training Group 56th Fighter Group 310th Ferry Squadron 61st Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15071213 / O-661268
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot
From left to right: Captain Walker L. Boone, Flight Officer Manuel S. Martinez and Flight Officer Gerry E. Brasher, pilots of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, sit on the bonnet of a jeep at Duxford air base. Passed for publication 28 October 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Thunderbolts - the "Guardian Angels" of Flying Fortresses. Here are pictures of Thunderbolts P-47s, the famous American fighter planes, which escort Flying Fortresses on their daylight missions over Occupied Europe. Pho
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 310th Ferry Squadron 82nd Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-060974
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 352nd Fighter Group 310th Ferry Squadron 328th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11029148 / O-526550
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 310th Ferry Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 310th Ferry Squadron
A P-51 Mustang (VQ-C_, serial number 43-12425) of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: 'VII FC Tec' ops. VQ-C_.'
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 310th Ferry Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Nicknames: Mary
  • Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 310th Ferry Squadron
 The nose art of a P-51B Mustang (serial number 43-6623) nicknamed "Spare Parts". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'P-51B-15-NA nose on 43-6623.' Printed caption on reverse: '0-sox N-Spare Parts nose art U-.'
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Spare Parts
  • Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 310th Ferry Squadron

Revisions

Date
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia.

Updates and amendments to associations from:
- www.ddaymuseum.co.uk/documents/US-units-June-44.doc
List supplied courtesy of Mr Phil Grinton from California, February 2004. From the website of the D-Day Museum, Portsmouth (www.ddaymuseum.co.uk).

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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