438th Troop Carrier Group
Group
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Lieutenant Gilbert Estelle (centre), a pilot of the 438th Troop Carrier Group with his crew and their C-47 Skytrain nicknamed "Sugar Puss" at Greenham Common. Image via Gilbert Estelle. Written on slide casing: '438 TCG.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
---|---|---|
Based |
Greenham Common | |
Based |
Welford | |
Based |
Prosnes | 8 May 1945 |
Encompassing
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 438th Troop Carrier Group 89th Troop Carrier Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33028881 on enlistment, O-684817
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 437th Troop Carrier Group 438th Troop Carrier Group 83rd Troop Carrier Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-132083
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Glider Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 438th Troop Carrier Group 87th Troop Carrier Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18071848 / O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 438th Troop Carrier Group 89th Troop Carrier Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34116979 / O-680153
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 438th Troop Carrier Group 87th Troop Carrier Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Nicknames: Carried the name Little Joe after 85th Sqdn pilot Lt Joseph Gann
- Unit: 438th Troop Carrier Group 87th Troop Carrier Squadron
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Unit: 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 438th Troop Carrier Group 89th Troop Carrier Squadron
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Unit: 438th Troop Carrier Group 87th Troop Carrier Squadron
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Unit: 438th Troop Carrier Group 87th Troop Carrier Squadron
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Nicknames: Growin Pains
- Unit: 438th Troop Carrier Group 88th Troop Carrier Squadron
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
Stations added with details from:
- "Battle Colors Volume III - Insignia and Tactical Markings of the Ninth Air Force in World War Two' by Robert A. Watkins;
ContributorAAM
Changes
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)