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1st Scouting Force

Squadron

The insignia of the 1st Scouting Force, 8th Air Force.

media-395234.jpg FRE 5291 The insignia of the 1st Scouting Force, 8th Air Force. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5291 - The insignia of the 1st Scouting Force, 8th Air Force.

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A P-51 Mustang (OS-G, serial number 44-13728) of the 355th Fighter Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress at Podington. Image via William E "Doc" Furniss, 92nd Bomb Group. Writtten on slide casing: 'OS:G 413728 Podington.'

Scouting Force (Experimental) (SFX)

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

People

George Adams

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 1st Scouting Force

George F Adams

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 351st Bomb Group 1st Scouting Force 510th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-823210
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot, Fighter Pilot

Jack Thomas Barrie

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 364th Fighter Group 1st Scouting Force 385th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-720744
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Donald L Bloodgood

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 364th Fighter Group 1st Scouting Force 385th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 19137830 / O-720756
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Carroll Dayle Briscoe

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 364th Fighter Group 1st Scouting Force 369th Bomb Squadron 384th Fighter Squadron 857th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (1st Combat Bomb Wing)
Service Numbers: 18052358 / O-441827
Highest Rank: Colonel
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A P-51 Mustang (WR-Z, serial number 42-106448) nicknamed "The Hun Hunter ~ Texas" of the 354th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group taxiying at Steeple Morden.

42-106448

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: The Hun Hunter / Texas
Unit: 355th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 1st Scouting Force 354th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron

44-11567

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: Dana Kay
Unit: 364th Fighter Group 1st Scouting Force 384th Fighter Squadron

44-13283

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: Carolyn Ann
Unit: 364th Fighter Group 1st Scouting Force 383rd Fighter Squadron Scouting Force (Experimental) (SFX)

44-13532

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: Betty Joyce
Unit: 364th Fighter Group 1st Scouting Force 383rd Fighter Squadron Scouting Force (Experimental) (SFX)

44-13553

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Unit: 355th Fighter Group 1st Scouting Force

Revisions

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Sources

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

1st Scouting Force: Gallery (48 items)

Ground personnel of the 1st Scouting Force inspect the wreck of a P-51 Mustang (serial number 44-13531), 9 August 1944. Official caption on image: "(1st S.G.) (9-8-44) (G.A.D. - 74) (P-51 #44-13531)."

Object number: FRE 2952 -

Lieutenant-Colonel Allison Brooks of the 1st Scouting Force, 364th Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang. Printed caption on reverse: '69433 AC Colonel Brooks, Commanding Officer of the 1st Scouting Force, 91st Bomb Group, seated in the Cockpit of his plane prior to taking off from the base at Bassingbourne [sic], England on another mission.'

Object number: FRE 449 -

The insignia of the 1st Scouting Force, 8th Air Force.

Object number: FRE 5291 -

Object number: UPL 14306 -

Object number: UPL 19728 -

Object number: UPL 19731 -

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Object number: UPL 19745 -