Aachen
Airfield
Fighter Pilot
365th FG - 388th FS - 9th AF
corrected location
Object Number - UPL 46826 - 1LT Ivan "Shorty" Long Fighter Pilot 365th FG - 388th FS - 9th AF
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 388th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-716111
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 388th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Aircraft Armorer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 388th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32555068
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Aircraft Ordnance Specialist
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 387th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35342038
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Aircraft Crew Chief
![Colonel Ray J Stecker of the 365th Fighter Group straps Staff Sergeant Bailey R Ingram into the cockpit of his two- seat P-47 Thunderbolt. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 22 Nov 1944.'[stamp], 'Sacred.' [stamp] Printed caption on reverse: 'Two-seated P-47, Nov 22. Official 9th US Air Force photo. NINTH AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS, SOMEWHERE IN FRNACE.... A P-47 Thunderbolt fighter-bomber, normally seating only the pilot, has been converted into a passenger plane at a Ninth Air Force base in B](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-456564.jpg.webp?itok=tdF2vmma)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 388th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Aircraft Mechanic