355th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
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FRE 440
Personnel of the 355th Fighter Group at a briefing before a bomber escort mission, the tail markings of the B-24 Liberators they will escort are exhibited on the map. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'D Lewin in Breifing Room 13/1/45'
Roger Freeman Collection
By zooming in to the plaque in the top middle of the frame, it reads 355th Fighter Group.
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Lashenden |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: Canadian
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 355th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 355th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron 355th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13080099 / O-756521
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 355th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-663512
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 355th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-730466
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 355th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Sweet Suzanne
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron 355th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 355th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron 355th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Sport
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 355th Fighter Squadron
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Sources
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)