358th Fighter Squadron

Squadron

media-377157.jpg FRE 459 Two P-51 Mustangs of the 358th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter group fly in formation over fields. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 459 - Two P-51 Mustangs of the 358th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter group fly in formation over fields.

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Unit stations

Station	Location	Date
Based	Steeple Morden

People

Arthur K Alexander

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-1699474
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

David Runyon Allen

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 354th Fighter Group 355th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 2nd Scouting Force 335th Fighter Squadron 358th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-816974
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

David C Alvarez

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
Nationality: American
Unit: 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron

David Henry Arno

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 19103690
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Alton Mell Bannowsky

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 18039014 / O-664496
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Aircraft

42-103317

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Unit: 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron

42-106452

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: Buzz Boy / Miss Heck
Unit: 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron

42-106780

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Unit: 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron

42-106858

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: Damn Yank II
Unit: 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron

Personnel of the 358th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group examine a P-51 Mustang (YF-A_). A B-24 Liberator is in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'YF-A_. Nose band colour? 358th FS, 355th FG. Hethel?'

42-106860

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: Princess
Unit: 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron

Revisions

Date13 Mar 2015 16:17:42

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Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:48

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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)