336th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
Personal research & 4th Fighter Group 'Debden Eagles' by Chris Bucholtz.
Object Number - UPL 15404 - 1944 - This last-minute briefing of 336th Fighter Squadron pilots includes Capt Kenneth D. Peterson (top left), 1st Lt Willard Millikan (left) and...
The 336th Fighter Squadron was constituted by the War Department on 22 august 1942, and was activated at Bushey Hall, England, on 12 September. It had been designated as No. 133 (Eagle) Squadron, and was made up of American volunteers to the Royal Air Force. They were transferred to the US 4th Fighter Group, based at Debden Aerodrome, England, and they were known as "The Rocketeers".
The squadron flew Spitfires until American P-47 Thunderbolts became available in sufficient numbers to equip the group in 1943. A year later the group was re-equipped with P-51 Mustangs, which became the standard until the end of the war.
The 336th Squadron was credited with the destruction of 358 enemy aircraft. The group was deactivated at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, on 10 November 1945 after the war's end.
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Unit stations
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 336th Fighter Squadron 4th Fighter Group
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 336th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: VIII Air Force Service Command Base Air Depot 2 336th Fighter Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 336th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-694192
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 336th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Corporal
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 70th Fighter Wing 363rd Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 382nd Fighter Squadron
![Two USAAF P-51 Mustangs (serial numbers 43-6798 and 43-6985) and a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Grumman Avenger at a US assembly depot field in England. Passed for publication 18 Feb 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '36798, 5/3|4/44. 36895, 2/3/44.' Printed caption on reverse: 'Air Cover For Second Front Pours Into England. Associated Press Photo Shows:- Seen side by side on a US assembly depot field "somewhere in England" are two P-51s of the USAAF (in foreground) and a US-built Gruman[sic] Avenger for](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-457999.jpg.webp?itok=0iO2IcjK)
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)
