350th Fighter Squadron

Squadron
media-22893.jpeg UPL 22893 Pilots of the 350th Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group, pose in front of a Republic P-47 at an airbase In England in Spring 1944.

Rear row - Earl C. Main, Joseph C. McDonald, Charles O.Durant, John F. Starr, Arthur C. Bergeron, Lt Bayard C. Auchincloss, Joseph B. Brooks, Chauncy Rowan, William W. Hargus, John H. Winder, James E. Murray, Harold P. Paslay.
Middle row - Gerald P. Devine, Abel H. Garey, Robert E. Fortier, Charles W. Dinse, Major William J. Price, Joseph F. Furness, Lt Goffred F. Moretto, Capt Wayne K. Blickenstaff, Robert S. Hart, John A. Sullivan.
Front row - Major Dewey E. Newhart, unknown mascot, Maj. Stanley R. Pidduck,
NARA Ref 342-FH-3A47828-69067AC.

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Object Number - UPL 22893 - Pilots of the 350th Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group, pose in front of a Republic P-47 at an airbase In England in Spring 1944. Rear row -...

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Unit stations

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Raydon

People

Albert B Brimer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron 350th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17166368 / O-770156
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Harold Caskey Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 350th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-695032
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot
Lieutenant Alvin L. Deeds of the 350th Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group with his P-47 Thunderbolt. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Deeds.'

Alvin Lee Deeds

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18178392 / O-710060
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Gerald P Devine

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O 816069
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
A P-47 Thunderbolt (LH-T, serial number 42-74665) nicknamed "Fatty Patty II" of the 353rd Fighter Group flown by Captain Charles W Dinse shoots down a BF 110 during a mission. Gun camera image. Printed caption on reverse: '50416 AC - Discovering an Me 110 below him, Capt. Charles W. Dinsa, 304 Touhy Ave., Park Ridge, Ill., dove down and destroyed it. The pictures were taken by his automatic camera as his bullets found their mark. Credit for the kill was shared with Lt. Richard A. Stearns, Jr., 102 Forest

Charles W Dinse

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-665391
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-26402

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Soubrette
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron

42-26454

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron

42-26525

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron

42-26642

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron

42-26649

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Elizabeth Miss Carriage
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 356th Fighter Group 367th Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron 361st Fighter Squadron

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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)

350th Fighter Squadron: Gallery (65 items)

A P-47 Thunderbolt (LH-E, serial number 42-26422) of the 350th Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group at Reading airshow, Pennsylvania, 11 June 1975. Handwritten caption on reverse: '350th F.S., 353rd F.G., 8th Air Force.' Printed caption on reverse: 'Reading, PA. Air Show. 11 June 1975.' On reverse: Kenneth M. Sumney [Stamp].

Object number: FRE 2865 - Restored P-47 Thunderbolt operated by the...

A P-47 Thunderbolt (LH-T, serial number 42-74665) nicknamed "Fatty Patty II" of the 353rd Fighter Group flown by Captain Charles W Dinse shoots down a BF 110 during a mission. Gun camera image. Printed caption on reverse: 'A-50416 AC - Discovering an Me 110 below him, Capt. Charles W. Dinsa, 304 Touhy Ave., Park Ridge, Ill., dove down and destroyed it. The pictures were taken by his automatic camera as his bullets found their mark. Credit for the kill was shared with Lt. Richard A. Stearns, Jr., 102 Fores

Object number: FRE 2866 - A P-47 Thunderbolt (LH-T, serial number 42-74665)...

A P-47 Thunderbolt (LH-T, serial number 42-74665) nicknamed "Fatty Patty II" of the 353rd Fighter Group flown by Captain Charles W Dinse shoots down a BF 110 during a mission. Gun camera image. Printed caption on reverse: '50416 AC - Discovering an Me 110 below him, Capt. Charles W. Dinsa, 304 Touhy Ave., Park Ridge, Ill., dove down and destroyed it. The pictures were taken by his automatic camera as his bullets found their mark. Credit for the kill was shared with Lt. Richard A. Stearns, Jr., 102 Forest

Object number: FRE 2900 - A P-47 Thunderbolt (LH-T, serial number 42-74665)...

A P-47 Thunderbolt (LH-T, serial number 42-74665) nicknamed "Fatty Patty II" of the 353rd Fighter Group flown by Captain Charles W Dinse shoots down a BF 110 during a mission. Gun camera image. Printed caption on reverse: 'B-50416 AC - Discovering an Me 110 below him, Capt. Charles W. Dinsa, 304 Touhy Ave., Park Ridge, Ill., dove down and destroyed it. The pictures were taken by his automatic camera as his bullets found their mark. Credit for the kill was shared with Lt. Richard A. Stearns, Jr., 102 Fores

Object number: FRE 2901 - A P-47 Thunderbolt (LH-T, serial number 42-74665)...

P-51 Mustang, LH-O, serial number 44-72212, of the 350th Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group, 1944-1945. This aircraft was flown by Captain William F. Tanner. It was nicknamed "Prudence 7th".

Object number: FRE 390 - P-51 Mustang, LH-O, serial number 44-72212, of the...

Formation of five P-51 Mustangs in the foreground and a formation of a further five in the background. The five in the foreground belong to the 350th Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group. Printed on reverse: '69625 AC - High above the English countryside, North American P-51 "Mustangs" of the 350th Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group, fly in close formation. February 1945.'

Object number: FRE 391 - Formation of five P-51 Mustangs in the foreground...

The nose art of a P-51 Mustang (LH-F, serial number 44-72096) nicknamed "Miss Betsy" of the 353rd Fighter Group. Written on slide casing: 'Nose of Don Kammer LH-?'

Object number: FRE 6044 - The nose art of a P-51 Mustang (LH-F, serial...

Object number: UPL 13052 - Col. Glenn E Duncan named his first P-47 "Winged...

Object number: UPL 13054 - Col. Glenn E Duncan. Headquarters Squadron. P-51D...

Object number: UPL 13055 - Col. Glenn E Duncan. Headquarters Squadron. P-51D...

Object number: UPL 13056 - Col. Glenn E Duncan. Headquarters Squadron. P-51D...

Object number: UPL 13176 - Capt. Dewey E Newhart. 350th Fighter Squadron. P...