332nd Fighter Group

Group

media-394887.jpg FRE 7556 A ground crewman of the 332nd Fighter Group, 15th Air Force on the tail of a P-51 Mustang. Written on slide casing: '332 FG.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 7556 - A ground crewman of the 332nd Fighter Group, 15th Air Force on the tail of a P-51 Mustang. Written on slide casing: '332 FG.'

Commanding Officers

Benjamin Oliver Davis

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 332nd Fighter Group 99th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-20146
Highest Rank: General
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot/Squadron Commander/Group Commander

Connections

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Unit stations

Station	Location	Date
Based	Ramitelli	28 May 1944 - 4 May 1945
Other Assigned 12th Air Force
Other Assigned 15th Air Force

Station

Location

Date

Based

Ramitelli

28 May 1944 - 4 May 1945

Other

Assigned 12th Air Force

Other

Assigned 15th Air Force

Encompassing

A P-51 Mustang (10) of the 332nd Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Genuine WWII colour photo, Mustang Fossia Italy.' Printed caption with image: 'A/C of negro 33nd FG.'

100th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

301st Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

302nd Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

99th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

People

Staff Sergeant William Accoo of the 15th Air Force cleans a P-51 Mustang. Printed caption on reverse is damage: 'BIPPA, EA 35888. U.S. Mustang Flyers At Italian Base. Staff Sergeant William Accoo of Salen[sic], New Jersey, crew chief in a Negro group of the 15th U.S. Air Force, washes down the PP-51 Mustang fighter plane of his pilot with soap and water... to give it more speed. Mediterranean... Forces Photo PRO-HQ-44-2384. Serviced... London OWI (Inner... Certified... Passed by SHAEF Censor....' Printed

William H Accoo

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 332nd Fighter Group 99th Fighter Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Crew Chief

Lee A Archer

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 332nd Fighter Group 302nd Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-809236
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Charles P Bailey

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 332nd Fighter Group 99th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-801161
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Fred Lorenzo Brewer

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 332nd Fighter Group 100th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 34462478 / O-824827
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Roscoe Conkling Brown

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 332nd Fighter Group 100th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-824828
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot/Squadron Commander

Aircraft

42-103379

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Unit: 332nd Fighter Group 302nd Fighter Squadron

42-103387

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Unit: 332nd Fighter Group

42-103400

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: Hazel II
Unit: 52nd Fighter Group 5th Fighter Squadron 332nd Fighter Group 301st Fighter Squadron

42-103436

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Unit: 332nd Fighter Group 100th Fighter Squadron

An F-6 Mustang of the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group in flight. Handwritten on reverse: 'P-51C, 15th TRS, 10th PRG. "Not For Publication. Tom Ivie.'

42-103443

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Unit: 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron 332nd Fighter Group 302nd Fighter Squadron

Revisions

Date31 Jan 2023 20:50:28

Contributoracbernstein1

Changes

Sources

AAMB Media Archive

Date4 Jun 2021 12:15:29

ContributorEmily

ChangesChanges to description

Sources

Removed unit history copied from Wikipedia

Date4 Jun 2021 12:14:56

ContributorEmily

ChangesChanges to nicknames, insignia, us air force combat units of world war ii description, citations and stations

Sources

Air Force Combat Units of World War II

Date3 Nov 2020 10:39:19

ContributorTuskegee332

ChangesChanges to motto

Sources

332nd FG Insignia

Date3 Nov 2020 10:35:03

ContributorTuskegee332

ChangesChanges to motto

Sources

Taken from the insignia of the 332nd FG and the 477th BG

Date1 Dec 2016 18:17:25

Contributor466thHistorian

ChangesChanges to commanding officers associations and stations

Sources

http://acepilots.com/usaaf_tusk.html

Date1 Dec 2016 00:14:35

Contributor466thHistorian

ChangesCreated entry with type, category, name, nicknames, citations, description, air forces, aircraft types, unit encompassing associations and media associations

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/332d_Expeditionary_Operations_Group

332nd Fighter Group: Gallery (50 items)

P-51 Mustangs of the 31st Fighter Group, 325th Fighter Group and 332nd Fighter Group, 15th Air Force fly in formation during a mission. Associated caption: 'Flight of P-51s from each of the four 15AF groups.'

Object number: FRE 7553 -

Object number: FRE 7556 -

Staff-Sergeant Alfred D Morris, crew chief of the 332nd Fighter Group, 15th Air Force helps Captain William T Mattison into the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang. First printed caption on reverse is damaged, what remains reads: 'Flyers at Italian Base... Alfred D Morris of Fullerton, California.. crew chief of a Negro fighter group...15th Air Force, closes the canopy of ... for his pilot, Captain William T Mattison.... Canway, Arkansas, operations officer of ..... based in Italy... Mediterranean Allied....' Sec

Object number: FRE 8683 -

P-51 Mustangs of the 332nd Fighter Group, 15th Air Force. Handwritten caption on reverse: '99 FS?'

Object number: FRE 8684 -

A pilot of the 332nd Fighter Group, 15th Air Force climbs into the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang. Handwritten caption on reverse: '99FS.'

Object number: FRE 8685 -

Airmen of the 332nd Fighter Group, 15th Air Force on the wing of a P-51 Mustang. Handwritten caption on reverse: '99 FS, Only All-negro fighter unit 332 FC Italy.'

Object number: FRE 8686 -

A P-51 Mustang (10) of the 332nd Fighter Group, 15th Air Force.

Object number: FRE 8695 -

Object number: FRE 8696 -

Object number: UPL 16161 -

Object number: UPL 16788 -

Object number: UPL 16952 -

Object number: UPL 16954 -