389th Fighter Squadron

Squadron
media-7026.jpeg UPL 7026 Vernon Richard Turner -West Point School Yearbook (1943)

Gilad Bashan

Object Number - UPL 7026 - Vernon Richard Turner -West Point School Yearbook (1943)

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Thruxton

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 366th Fighter Group 389th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-429505
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Unit: 366th Fighter Group 389th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20427888 at enlistment, then O-807280
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 366th Fighter Group 389th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-809129
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 366th Fighter Group 389th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-812094
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 366th Fighter Group 389th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-024419
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Aircraft

4th Fighter Group personnel beside P-47 Thunderbolt "Ill Wind?" at Debden, January 1944. The pilot of the aircraft was Captain Nicholas Megura of the 334th Fighter Squadron.
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Ill Wind? Old Red Ass
  • Unit: 366th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group Base Air Depot 2 334th Fighter Squadron 389th Fighter Squadron
The wreck of a P-47 Thunderbolt (D5-F, serial number 42-75107) of the 365th Fighter Group that crash landed on D-Day. Handwritten caption on reverse: '275107 C/L Beaulieu 6/6/44 after damage by bomb burst 365 FG.'
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 365th Fighter Group 389th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 366th Fighter Group 389th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 366th Fighter Group 389th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 366th Fighter Group 389th Fighter Squadron

Revisions

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Contributor466thHistorian
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corrected group connection

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Contributorrossingtonj
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Type added.

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ContributorAAM
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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)

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