376th Fighter Squadron

Squadron
media-14747.jpeg UPL 14747 376th Fighter Squadron (leather patch)

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Object Number - UPL 14747 - 376th Fighter Squadron (leather patch)

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Bottisham

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 376th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2067524
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 376th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-678878
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 376th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-678879
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 376th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-679801
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 376th Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant

Aircraft

A P-51 Mustang (L2-S, serial number 44-37040, "War Weary") of the 479th Fighter Group.
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 479th Fighter Group 376th Fighter Squadron 434th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 376th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron 358th Fighter Squadron 376th Fighter Squadron
P-51 Mustangs, including (E9-S, serial number 42-106707) nicknamed "Sleepytime Gal", (B7-E, serial number 42-106839) nicknamed "Bald Eagle III" and (E9-K) nicknamed "Vi" opf the 361st Fighter Group line up for take off on D-Day at Bottisham. Written on slide casing: '361 FG, 6/6/44 At Bottisham.'
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Lone Star Lady Vi
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Group 376th Fighter Squadron 505th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 376th Fighter Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / 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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