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

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Based

Bodney

People

David M Reichman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron 487th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-751446
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Glenn A Rushman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-826516
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Frank P Smigelski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron 487th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-797733
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Gerald D Thurman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-701844
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Pilots of the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group, in front of P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-R, serial number 42-8412), named "Sweetie" at Bodney air base in March 1944. Left to right, top row: Lieutenant Woodrow W. Anderson, Lieutenant Stanley G. Miles, Lieutenant Frank A. Cutler, Lieutenant Martin E. Corcoran, Lieutenant Donald Y. Whinnem. Left to right, middle row: Lieutenant-Colonel Luther H. Richmond, Captain Stephen W. Andrew, Lieutenant Thomas W. Colby, Lieutenant Henry J. Miklajyck, Captain Edward

Alton J Wallace

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-793567
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Aircraft

44-13736

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
Capt. Ernest O Bostrom, 486th Fighter Squadron

44-13929

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Little Marjie Edna & ?
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron

44-14043

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron

44-14075

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Ellie
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron

44-14091

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • 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)

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