368th Fighter Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 368th Fighter Squadron, 359th Fighter Group. media-388581.jpg FRE 5038 The insignia of the 368th Fighter Squadron, 359th Fighter Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5038 - The insignia of the 368th Fighter Squadron, 359th Fighter Group.

Distinguished Unit Citation: Germany, 11 September 1944.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

East Wretham

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 368th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11040511 / O-817876
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 368th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18138498 / O-707610
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 368th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11121307 / O-820453
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 368th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-694042
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 368th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19097415 / O-675670
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 368th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 368th Fighter Squadron
A P-51 Mustang (CV-X, serial number 42-106702) of the 368th Fighter Squadron, 359th Fighter Group, flies over countryside. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Roger- methinks you have already captured this bird in TME [The Mighty Eighth]- in color yet.'
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 368th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 368th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Little Liquidator
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 359th Fighter Group 368th Fighter Squadron 504th 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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