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Units served with

A P-51 Mustang (J2-N) of the 435th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '435th F.S, 479th F.G. Probs: Verne E. Hooker.'

435th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

The insignia of the 479th Fighter Group.

479th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

People

Leland Kent Horne

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 479th Fighter Group 435th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-760313
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Stephen H Zuchowski

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 479th Fighter Group 435th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-758264
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Major Henry Porter Plunk and a fellow airman of the 479th Fighter Group stand with Plunk's P-51 Mustang (9B-0, serial number 44-72516) nicknamed "Ambrosia".

Wattisham

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

France

19 June 1944

Revisions

Date18 Nov 2020 01:54:01

Contributor466thHistorian

ChangesChanges to person associations and place associations

Sources

"The 479th Fighter Group in World War II" - Terry Fairfield
page 466

Date27 Sep 2014 18:41:02

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

MACR 5968 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database