434th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5280 - The insignia of the 434th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group.
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
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Based |
Wattisham |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 479th Fighter Group 434th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (479th Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: O-659131
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 479th Fighter Group 434th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot, Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 479th Fighter Group 434th Fighter Squadron 435th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-421113
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 479th Fighter Group 434th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2057642
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 479th Fighter Group 434th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 479th Fighter Group 434th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 479th Fighter Group 434th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 479th Fighter Group 434th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Flying Dutchman
- Unit: 479th Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 434th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Smoky Joe
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Group 479th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 56th Fighter Group 434th Fighter Squadron 486th Fighter Squadron 55th Fighter Squadron
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Sources
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)