353rd Fighter Squadron
SquadronAdded aircraft code.
Peter Randall of Little Friends (http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/):
'44-63747 was the one that carried the pi symbol in lieu of an individual letter. '
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Lashenden |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18038907 / O-36537
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot / Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-728577
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-733838
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Swedes Steed
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 353rd Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron
Mission
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)