393rd Fighter Squadron

Squadron
media-24710.jpeg UPL 24710 Capt Laurence E Blumer and P-38 'ScrapIron IV' 393FS, 367FG, 9AF. Ace in a Day, shooting down 5 Fw190's in 15 minutes.

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Object Number - UPL 24710 - Capt Laurence E Blumer and P-38 'ScrapIron IV' 393FS, 367FG, 9AF. Ace in a Day, shooting down 5 Fw190's in 15 minutes.

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French countryside, photographed through the nose of a P-38 Lightning of the 367th Fighter Group on landing. Image stamped on reverse: 'Not to be published 30 Aug 1944.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 31 May 1945.' [stamp] and '354528 .' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'P-38s over the Seine. No.1 of a series of pix taken through the nose of the P-38 as it comes in to land. Scherschel LIFE.'

44-23507

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Nicknames: Trail Blazer
  • Unit: Base Air Depot 3 367th Fighter Group 393rd Fighter Squadron

44-23571

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 367th Fighter Group 393rd Fighter Squadron

44-23575

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 367th Fighter Group 393rd Fighter Squadron

44-23590

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Nicknames: Scrap Iron IV
  • Unit: 367th Fighter Group 326th Ferry Squadron 393rd Fighter Squadron
French countryside, photographed through the nose of a P-38 Lightning of the 367th Fighter Group on landing. Image stamped on reverse: 'Not to be published 30 Aug 1944.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 31 May 1945.' [stamp] and '354528 .' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'P-38s over the Seine. No.1 of a series of pix taken through the nose of the P-38 as it comes in to land. Scherschel LIFE.'

44-23614

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Nicknames: Hellza Dropin
  • Unit: Base Air Depot 3 367th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Group 392nd Fighter Squadron 393rd 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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