387th Fighter Squadron

Squadron
media-36293.jpeg 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 as fellow 9th AF Republic P-47 Thunderbolt pilots look on. The pilots were given the opportunity to see at first hand many German aircraft which they have previously encountered in aerial combat or while strafing enemy fields when their group moved east of the Rhine to their second German airfield. 15 enemy planes of several types were found on the abandoned base.

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.

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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

Based

Dover Army Air Base

People

John William Motzenbecker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 365th Fighter Group 387th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-792139
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot / Squadron Commander

Allen Vernon Mundt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 365th Fighter Group 387th Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Isaac Gale Phillips

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 365th Fighter Group 387th Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Herbert Leon Prevost

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

Robert Elden Robinson

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

Aircraft

42-76066

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 365th Fighter Group 359th Fighter Squadron 387th Fighter Squadron

42-76087

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Madeline - The Hot Rocket
  • Unit: 365th Fighter Group 387th Fighter Squadron 388th Fighter Squadron

42-76127

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Turnip Termite
  • Unit: 365th Fighter Group 387th Fighter Squadron

42-76181

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 365th Fighter Group 387th Fighter Squadron

42-76515

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Lovely Lady Luck
  • Unit: 365th Fighter Group 387th Fighter Squadron

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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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