387th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
L-R: Capt Paul A Van Cleef - Salina, KS, 1st Lt Thomas Manjak - Ambridge, PA, 1st Lt James L McWhorter - Sanford, FL, 2nd Lt Sherman E Price - Caplinger Mills, MO, 1st Lt John W Wise - Prosser, WA, 1st Lt. Robert C Thoman in cockpit. All are members of 365FG.
Object Number - UPL 36293 - 1st Lt. Robert C. Thoman, Rochester, NY, who recently shot down an Me-109, examines the cockpit of a similar enemy plane at a former Luftwaffe field...
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Dover Army Air Base |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 387th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 387th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18086673 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 387th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 387th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 387th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39458192
- Highest Rank: Corporal (5th Grade)
Aircraft

- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Sweet Sue
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 387th Fighter Squadron

- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Blanche
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 387th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Kelsey
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 387th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Marian
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 387th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Screamin Weemie
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 387th Fighter Squadron
Revisions
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Sources
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)