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P-51C-5-NT #42-103517 "Strolling Jim" Code: #21 325th Fighter Group - 317th Fighter Squadron Pilot: James O. Glanville

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Colonel Herschel H. Green, of the 317th Fighter Squadron, 325th Fighter Group, 306th Fighter Wing, 15th Air Force stands by the cockpit of his P-51B Mustang. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'P-51B, Col. H.H. Green. J.C.'

317th Fighter Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Fighter
Colonel Herschel H. Green, of the 317th Fighter Squadron, 325th Fighter Group, 306th Fighter Wing, 15th Air Force stands by the cockpit of his P-51B Mustang. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'P-51B, Col. H.H. Green. J.C.'

325th Fighter Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Fighter
Second World War formation badge for the United States 15th Air Force (United States Army Air Force). The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved by the US Quartermaster General on 19 February 1944. Formation note: the 15th Air Force (US Army Air Force, Fifteenth Air Force) was formed on 1 November 1943 at Tunis in North Africa and moved to Italy on 1 December. The Force was disbanded on 15 September 1945 having participated in twelve campaigns.© IWM (INS 7304)

Fifteenth Air Force

  • Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Combat organisation

Aircraft

42-103517

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Strolling Jim
  • Unit: 325th Fighter Group 317th Fighter Squadron

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Date: 5 Nov 2022 07:39:47
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to place associations
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Chris Brassfield Collection

Date: 5 Nov 2022 07:39:47
ContributorMark Glanville
ChangesChanges to caption
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James O.Glanville is my father. His name was misspelled "Granville" in the original caption of this photo in the book "Checkertails" by Ernest R. McDowell. He's listed correctly in McDowell's earlier book " Checkertail Clan"

Thanks for keeping the Checkertails in our memories.

Mark Glanville

Date: 29 Nov 2016 03:11:43
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesCreated entry with collection, caption, unit associations and place associations
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Chris Brassfield Collection