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

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

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 364th Fighter Group 1st Scouting Force 354th Fighter Squadron 385th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-827449
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Captain Henry W "Baby" Brown and Lieutenant-Colonel Claiborn H "Zoot" Kinnard Jr of the 355th Fighter Group with Brown's P-51 Mustang (WR-Z, serial number 42-106448) nicknamed "The Hun Hunter ~ Texas". Image stamped and signed on reverse to pass base censorship. First handwritten caption on reverse: 'HW Brown (Left) & unknown commander 355 FG.' Second handwritten caption on reverse, in different script, refers to the "unknown commander": 'He is Lt Col Kinnard.'
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 356th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron 360th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (355th Fighter Group) Headquarters (4th Fighter Group) Headquarters (65th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: O-383753
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot / Commanding Officer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-821729
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron 374th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-708708
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-025478
  • Highest Rank: Brigadier General
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot, Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Hat Jane
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 354th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 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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