354th Fighter Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 354th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group. media-395201.jpg FRE 5258 The insignia of the 354th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group. Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 5258 - The insignia of the 354th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group.

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Unit stations

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Steeple Morden

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 389th Bomb Group 354th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18198942 / O-710449
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bomber pilot / Fighter pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 370th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (355th Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-719280
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0 799 542
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Aircraft Engineering Officer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron
A P-51 (WR-P, serial number 42-106950), nicknamed "The Iowa Beaut", of the 354th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group in flight. Written on slide casing: 'Lee Menenhall Fly WR-P "Iowa Beaut" 354 FS, 355 FG.'
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Man o War The Iowa Beaut
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron
A P-47 Thunderbolt (WR-P, serial number 42-8404) nicknamed "Speed (Lil' Jo)" of the 354th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group flown by Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas A. "Speed" Hubbard, November 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Speed - Hubbard. Jug. 11-43.'
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Speed / Lil Jo
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 355th Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron 354th Fighter Squadron
Miss Behave
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Miss Behave, Lil Lo, Desiree Y
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 355th Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron 354th 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)

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