38th Fighter Squadron

Squadron
media-14650.jpeg UPL 14650 38th Fighter Squadron (leather patch)

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Object Number - UPL 14650 - 38th Fighter Squadron (leather patch)

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Nuthampstead 16 September 1943 - 16 April 1944

Based

Wormingford 16 April 1944

People

Pilots and crew of the 55th Fighter Group, stand with J. Frank Dobie, a well-known Texan writer, in front of P-38J Lightning named "Texas Ranger" at Nuthampstead air base. Left to right they are: Captain Gerald F. Leinweber, J. Frank Dobie, Lieutenant-Colonel Jack S. Jenkins, Major Dallas W. Webb and Technical Sergeant Carl R. Causey.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6255403
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-756484
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15086641 / O-726627
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-711950
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38158863
  • Highest Rank: Corporal

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron

Revisions

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ContributorForrestB
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Sources

Double Nickel - Double Trouble by R.M. Littlefield

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ContributorForrestB
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Double Nickel - Double Trouble, Littlefield

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ContributorRivet09
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55th Fighter Group vs The Luftwaffe, John M. Gray, Specialty Press, 1998.

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Contributorrossingtonj
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Type added.

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ContributorAAM
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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)

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