351st Fighter Squadron

Squadron
media-22447.jpeg 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, 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.

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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

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Raydon

People

George N Ahles

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-793476
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Edgar J Albert

  • 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

Albert W Barlow

  • 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

Clarence Galen Bevington

  • 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
Four pilots of the 353rd Fighter Group at Raydon air base, November 1944. Second from the right is Lieutenant Robert C. Strobell of the 351st Fighter Squadron.

Hardy Leon Biddy

  • 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

A P-47 (DQ-K, serial number 41-6538) of the 495th Fighter Training Group suffers a watery crash landing.

41-6538

  • 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

41-6583

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Alyce
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron
Glenn E. Duncan, on the left, and John B. Rose Jr. of the 353rd Fighter Group, stand beside the group's de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth, which Duncan had just crash-landed into the field. 1943-1944.

41-6585

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 351st Fighter Squadron

42-22523

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Angel Of Mercy
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron

42-22759

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron

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From the Personal Collection of Lt. Billy J. Murray

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personal effects of Lt. Billy J. Murray 353rd FG/ 351st FS

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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)

351st Fighter Squadron: Gallery (113 items)

A P-47 Thunderbolt (YJ-K) of the 351st Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group fitted with rocket launchers. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'YJ-K. Serial - unk.'

Object number: FRE 2825 - A P-47 Thunderbolt (YJ-K) of the 351st Fighter...

A P-47 Thunderbolt of the 351st Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group after a nose landing.

Object number: FRE 2826 - A P-47 Thunderbolt of the 351st Fighter Squadron...

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].

Object number: FRE 2829 - Ground personnel of the 353rd Fighter Group attend...

A P-51 Mustang (YJ-Z, serial number 44-14610) nicknamed "Sweet Marie" of the 351st Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group after belly landing, 15 February 1945. Official caption on image: "GAD-222-337-353) (15-2-45) (4610-P51) (Rest)."

Object number: FRE 2832 - A P-51 Mustang (YJ-Z, serial number 44-14610)...

Corporal Edward H. Haddax and ground crew of the 353rd Fighter Group fix a bomb onto a P-47 Thunderbolt, 28 November 1943. Not To Be Published 28 Nov 1943, Passed for publication Dec 4 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S. Fighters Now Carry Bombs. Photo Shows:- Bombing up a Thunderbolt P-47 at a U.S. Army Air Force station somewhere in Britain. Seated in cockpit is a member of the ground crew - Cpl. Edward H. Haddax, of Dallas, Texas. G. November 1943. PN.' On reverse: Not To Be Published , Ministry of

Object number: FRE 2850 - Corporal Edward H. Haddax and ground crew of the...

Ground personnel of the 353rd Fighter Group prepare to fix a bomb to a P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Sis", 28 November 1943. Not To Be Published 28 Nov 1943, Passed for publication Dec 4 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S. Fighters Now Carry Bombs. Photo Shows:- Bombing up a Thunderbolt P-47 at a U.S. Army Air Force station somewhere in Britain. G. November 1943. PN.' On reverse: Not To Be Published , Ministry of Information, Planet News, US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Cens

Object number: FRE 2851 - Ground personnel of the 353rd Fighter Group...

A P-47 Thunderbolt of the 353rd Fighter Group shoots down an FW 190 on 1 November 1943. Gun camera photograph. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1/11/43 Bodham. Gun camera shot by P-47. Fw-190 being shot down.'

Object number: FRE 2858 - A P-47 Thunderbolt of the 353rd Fighter Group...

Pilots including Lieutenant Robert C Strobell of the 353rd Fighter Group with a P-47 Thunderbolt. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Strobell extreme right.'

Object number: FRE 2861 - Pilots including Lieutenant Robert C Strobell of...

Colonel Glenn E. Duncan, Commanding Officer of the 353rd Fighter Group from 25 November 1943 until 7 July 1944, when he was reported MIA. He evaded and resumed his command on 22 April 1945. Colonel Ben Rimerman, the officer on the right, was the 353rd Fighter Group's Commanding Officer in Col. Duncan's absence. May - August 1945. Colonel Rimerman was killed when the P-51 Mustang he was a passenger in crashed near Great Dunmow, Essex, on 11 August 1945. The pilot Captain William J. Maguire, who had flown w

Object number: FRE 355 - Colonel Glenn E. Duncan, Commanding Officer of the...

Ace pilot Major Walter C. Beckham of the 351st Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group, in front of P-47 Thunderbolt (YJ-X, serial number 42-8476), named "Little Demon". Beckham was flying this aircraft when he failed to return from a mission to Germany on 22 February 1944. He was held as a prisoner of war until the end of war in Europe.

Object number: FRE 359 - Ace pilot Major Walter C. Beckham of the 351st...

Four pilots of the 353rd Fighter Group at Raydon air base, November 1944. Second from the right is Lieutenant Robert C. Strobell of the 351st Fighter Squadron.

Object number: FRE 361 - Four pilots of the 353rd Fighter Group at Raydon...

Lieutenant Ray C. Gordon of the 350th Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group. This photograph was probably taken at Raydon air base where the 353rd Fighter Group were stationed between 12 April 1944 and 10 October 1945. Late 1944 - 1945.

Object number: FRE 369 - "Lieutenant Ray C. Gordon* of the 350th Fighter...