351st Fighter Squadron
Squadron
Standing L-R: Lt Strobell, Lt Biddy, Lt Hungate, Lt Tumlin, Lt Milligan, Lt Toppel, Lt Thistlethwaite, Lt Weaver, Lt Perpente, Capt Leatherman, Lt Hunter, Lt Stump, Lt Stanley, Lt Edwards, Lt King, Capt Lefebre.
Kneeling L-R: Lt Frank, Lt Trudeau, Lt Mincik, Lt Maguire, Lt Terzian, Major Christian, Capt Emory, Lt Field, Lt Ahles, Capt Byers.
Nara Ref 3A47475-3A47999.
Object Number - UPL 22447 - Pilots of the 351FS, 353FG pose in front of a Republic P-47 at an airbase in England. Sept 44. Standing L-R: Lt Strobell, Lt Biddy, Lt Hungate,...
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Raydon |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-793476
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31051916 / O-793477
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19033429 / O-758914
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36312096 / O-823196
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-686625
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: WELA KAHAO!, Flak Bait
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron 351st Fighter Squadron 552nd Fighter Training Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Alyce
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 351st Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Angel Of Mercy
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron
Revisions
From the Personal Collection of Lt. Billy J. Murray
From the Personal Collection of Lt. Billy J. Murray
From the Personal Collection of Lt. Billy J. Murray
From the Personal Collection of Lt. Billy J. Murray
From the Personal Collection of Lt. Billy J. Murray
From the Personal Collection of Lt. Billy J. Murray
From the Personal Collection of Lt. Billy J. Murray
From the Personal Collection of Lt. Billy J. Murray
personal effects of Lt. Billy J. Murray 353rd FG/ 351st FS
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)
![Ground personnel of the 353rd Fighter Group attend to a crashed P-51 Mustang (YJ-Z, serial number 44-14610) nicknamed "Sweet Marie", flown by Tom Pryor, 13 June 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '13/6/45. Tom Pryor.' On reverse: Tim L. Bivens [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-400748.jpg.webp?itok=1O_jD8xc)
