36th Fighter Group
GroupIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
The Group, as the 36th Pursuit Group, were part of the defence force for the Caribbean area and the Panama Canal in 1941, flying P-39s and P-40s out of Puerto Rico. By May 1944 the 36th Fighter Group were flying their first missions out of England using P-47s. They flew escort missions for bombers in the run up to D-Day and ground-strafed many tactical targets in northern France over that summer. The group moved through several bases in northern France and then to Le Culot in Belgium so that they could more effectively support Allied ground troops.
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
---|---|---|
Based |
Brucheville | 7 July 1944 - 23 August 1944 |
Based |
Kingsnorth | |
Based |
Juvincourt | |
Based |
Le Culot | |
Based |
Le Mans | |
Based |
Athis | |
Based |
Aachen |
Encompassing
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 36th Fighter Group 53rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-710639
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 36th Fighter Group 370th Fighter Squadron 53rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14191392 / O-831284
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 36th Fighter Group 53rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-1301422
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 36th Fighter Group 22nd Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 36th Fighter Group 53rd Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Death Takes a Holiday
- Unit: 36th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 53rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Half Pint
- Unit: 36th Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 36th Fighter Group
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Nigger II, Roger the Lodger
- Unit: 36th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 36th Fighter Group
Mission
- Date: 30 April 1944
- Date: 8 April 1944
Revisions
Additional station details added from:
- "Battle Colors Volume III - Insignia and Tactical Markings of the Ninth Air Force in World War Two' by Robert A. Watkins;
- http://www.ixengineercommand.com/airfields/physical.php
Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / The Mighty Eighth. A History of the Units, Men and Machines of the US 8th Air Force.' by Roger A. Freeman (1989). 'Air Force Combat Units of World War II' compiled by the Department of the US Air Force, edited by Maurice Maurer (1983). / 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)