356th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
Steve Blake, "The Pioneer Mustang Group", 2008, pg 282
Richard Turner, "Big Friend, Little Friend", 1969
Object Number - UPL 26935 - Crew Chief S/Sgt Clint H. "Tommy" Thompson, 356th FS
Commanding Officers
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 356th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-511937
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot/Group Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 356th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-730674
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot/squadron commander
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 356th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14051807 / O-790753 / AO36366
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 356th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-744735
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 356th Fighter Squadron No 71 'Eagle' Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-885190
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot-1055
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 356th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-739584
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot 1055-Squadron Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 356th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-830136
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Little Wheezer
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 356th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Squadron 355th Fighter Squadron 356th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Mr Big, Short-Fuse
- Unit: 356th Fighter Squadron
- Nicknames: Billing's Belle
- Unit: 356th Fighter Squadron 354th Fighter Group
- Nicknames: Billing's Belle
- Unit: 356th Fighter Squadron 354th Fighter Group
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)