385th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5278 - The insignia of the 385th Fighter Squadron, 364th Fighter Group.
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
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Honington |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 364th Fighter Group 385th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-720710
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 364th Fighter Group Headquarters Squadron (364th Fighter Group) 383rd Fighter Squadron 385th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15018575 / O-752095
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 364th Fighter Group 1st Scouting Force 385th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19137830 / O-720756
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
![Lieutenant-Colonel Allison Brooks of the 1st Scouting Force, 364th Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang. Printed caption on reverse: '69433 AC Colonel Brooks, Commanding Officer of the 1st Scouting Force, 91st Bomb Group, seated in the Cockpit of his plane prior to taking off from the base at Bassingbourne [sic], England on another mission.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377147.jpg.webp?itok=K1_bMdBO)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 1st Scouting Force 385th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-25258
- Highest Rank: Major General
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer, 1st Scouting Force. Former Group Operations Officer (401st )
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 1st Scouting Force 383rd Fighter Squadron 385th Fighter Squadron Scouting Force (Experimental) (SFX)
- Service Numbers: 36306936 / O-748348
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Bomber / Fighter pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 364th Fighter Group 385th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 364th Fighter Group 385th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 364th Fighter Group 385th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Libbuf Nanny
- Unit: 364th Fighter Group 385th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 364th Fighter Group 385th Fighter Squadron
Revisions
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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)
