486th Fighter Squadron

Squadron
Pilot Lieutenant-Colonel Luther H. Richmond with his aircraft, P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-R, serial number 42-8412), named "Sweetie", at Bodney air base, winter 1943 - 1944. Pin-up artwork by Alberto Vargas. 1943 - 1944. Lieutenant-Colonel Richmond flew with the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group. media-377028.jpg FRE 331 Pilot Lieutenant-Colonel Luther H. Richmond with his aircraft, P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-R, serial number 42-8412), named "Sweetie", at Bodney air base, winter 1943 - 1944. Pin-up artwork by Alberto Vargas. 1943 - 1944. Lieutenant-Colonel Richmond flew with the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 331 - Pilot Lieutenant-Colonel Luther H. Richmond with his aircraft, P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-R, serial number 42-8412), named "Sweetie", at Bodney air base,...

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Bodney

People

Carl John Fuenfstueck

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13144217 / O-824614
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Carleton L Fuhrman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-697554
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Captain Edward J. Gignac of the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group, beside his aircraft, P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-G, serial number 42-22548), named "Gig's-Up". 1943 - June 1944.

Edward J Gignac

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11027375 at enlistment, then O-430806
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Bruno J Grabovsky

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-816854
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Franklyn N Greene

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-790656
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-22516

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
Major Edward J. Gignac's P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-G, serial number 42-22548), named "Gig's-Up", after a landing accident at Bodney air base, 11 February 1944. Gignac was a pilot with the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group.

42-22548

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Gigs Up
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 406th Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron

42-7993

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Bromo Baby
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
A P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-W, serial number 42-8377) nicknamed "Little Rebel" and a P-51 Mustang (PZ-W, serial number 43-7022) nicknamed "Little Rebel" of the 352nd Fighter Group, both flown by Captain Alton J Wallace , March 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Courtesy Cyrus Hall, 486th FS/352nd FG. Al Wallace's Aircraft March 1944.' Second handwritten caption obscured by printed caption. Printed caption on reverse: 'A fine shot showing the 486th FS transition from P-47's to P-51's. The aircraft are both

42-8377

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Little Rebel
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron

42-8411

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron

Mission

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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)

486th Fighter Squadron: Gallery (59 items)

Object number: UPL 34567 - Captain Stanley G Miles, Fulton, South Dakota...

Object number: UPL 35311 - Lt. Col. Edwin L. Heller, Fighter Pilot, 352nd FG...

Object number: UPL 36275 - "Two Eighth Air force fighter pilots who...

Object number: UPL 36276 - "Lt. Frank A. Cutler of Cleveland, Ohio, holds up...

Object number: UPL 40319 - Ground crewmen with P-51 Mustang (PZ-A_, serial...

Object number: UPL 40320 - Mustang (PZ-A_, serial number 42-106635) nicknamed...

Object number: UPL 50067 - 2nd Lt Robert E Babbitt, 486FS, 352FG

Object number: UPL 6773 - Lt. Alex A. Karan of the 352nd Fighter Group...

Object number: UPL 6805 - Captain Earl R Lazear Jr of 486th Fighter Squadron...

Object number: UPL 6806 - Captain Lazear stands by the nose of his P-51D...

Object number: UPL 6807 - Previously "Pennie's Earl" and coded PZ-L, P-51D...

Object number: UPL 6808 - The ground crew work on P-51D 44-14877 PZ-K(bar)...