485th Fighter Squadron

Squadron
A line of P-51 Mustangs, formerly of the 370th Fighter Group, 485th Fighter Squadron ('7F') and 402nd Fighter Squadron ('E6') in Fürth at 1948, assigned to head to Sweden. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1948. Furth For Sweden. Tage Danielsson. 370th F.G., 485th F.S., 9th Air Force.' media-458006.jpg FRE 10248 A line of P-51 Mustangs, formerly of the 370th Fighter Group, 485th Fighter Squadron ('7F') and 402nd Fighter Squadron ('E6') in Fürth at 1948, assigned to head to Sweden. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1948. Furth For Sweden. Tage Danielsson. 370th F.G., 485th F.S., 9th Air Force.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 10248 - A line of P-51 Mustangs, formerly of the 370th Fighter Group, 485th Fighter Squadron ('7F') and 402nd Fighter Squadron ('E6') in Fürth at 1948,...

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Andover

People

Oscar Gewinner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 370th Fighter Group 485th Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

John Victor Griffin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: IX Tactical Air Command 370th Fighter Group 485th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-763166
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot, P-38 Model J-15

Robert L Jones

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 370th Fighter Group 485th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-763219
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Gustav E Lundquist

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 485th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-404122
  • Highest Rank: Brigadier General
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Roy Hugh Napier

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 370th Fighter Group 485th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17152784 / O-769905
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-104287

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 370th Fighter Group 485th 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 Image stamped on reverse: 'Not to be published 30 Aug 1944.'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.'

42-67822

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: Base Air Depot 3 370th Fighter Group 479th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron 434th Fighter Squadron 485th 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.'

44-23194

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Nicknames: Bomba Dear
  • Unit: Base Air Depot 3 370th Fighter Group 485th Fighter Squadron

44-23624

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Nicknames: Wine, Women and Song
  • Unit: 370th Fighter Group 485th Fighter Squadron

44-23646

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 370th Fighter Group 485th Fighter Squadron

Revisions

Date13 Mar 2015 15:58:02
Contributorrossingtonj
ChangesChanges to type
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Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:49
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ChangesAAM ingest
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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