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Alvah G Gilleland

Military

Lieutenant Alvah G Gilleland of the 355th Fighter Group with his P-51 Mustang. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Alvah Gilliand [sic] 355 FG.'

media-377151.jpg FRE 453 Lieutenant Alvah G Gilleland of the 355th Fighter Group with his P-51 Mustang. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Alvah Gilliand [sic] 355 FG.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 453 - Lieutenant Alvah G Gilleland of the 355th Fighter Group with his P-51 Mustang. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Alvah Gilliand [sic] 355 FG.'

Suspended from Flying Duty.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 355th Fighter Group.

355th Fighter Group

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

The insignia of the 357th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group.

357th Fighter Squadron

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

Aircraft

Lieutenant Alvah Gilleland and ground crew of the 357th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group with a P-51 Mustang nicknamed "Georgia Peach." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt. Alvah Gilleland a/c, 355 FG.'

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Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: Georgia Peach
Unit: 355th Fighter Group 357th Fighter Squadron

Places

P-51 Mustangs of the 355th Fighter Group break formation, ready for landing, over the ground support vehicles and control tower of Steeple Morden Airfield. Image signed on reverse with the approval of station censor. Handwritten caption on reverse: '355 FG Steeple Morden, Control Tower, read crew + P41 [sic] group peeling off for landing.'

Steeple Morden

Site type: Airfield

Revisions

Date14 Feb 2020 14:55:34

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

ChangesChanges to service number, highest rank and biography. Changes to Role of Honour Picture. Changes to Role of Honour Picture

Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Date27 Sep 2014 18:03:34

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

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

Alvah G Gilleland: Gallery (6 items)

Lieutenant Alvah Gilleland a pilot of the 355th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt. Alvah Gilleland, 355FG.'

Object number: FRE 2920 -

Lieutenant Alvah Gilleland a pilot of the 355th Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt. Alvah Gilleland, 355FG.'

Object number: FRE 2925 -

Lieutenant Alvah Gilleland and airmen of the 355th Fighter Group at Steeple Morden. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Via Greg Rowen. Prob. Lt. Alvah Gilleland, 355FG.'

Object number: FRE 2941 -

Lieutenant Alvah Gilleland and ground crew of the 357th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group with a P-51 Mustang nicknamed "Georgia Peach." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt. Alvah Gilleland a/c, 355 FG.'

Object number: FRE 2947 -

Lieutenant Alvah G. Gilleland and two colleagues of the 355th Fighter Group stand in front of the P-51 Mustang nicknamed "Georgia Peach" at Steeple Morden. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt. Alvah Gillland [sic], 355th FG.'

Object number: FRE 447 -

Lieutenant Alvah G Gilleland of the 355th Fighter Group with his P-51 Mustang. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Alvah Gilliand [sic] 355 FG.'

Object number: FRE 453 -