503rd Fighter Squadron

Squadron
Captain Lloyd J "Jeff" French and airman of the 339th Fighter Group with a P-51 Mustang (D7-A, serial number 44-11623) nicknamed "Rusty". Image via James Starnes. Written on slide casing: 'Cpt JL French & 411623 D7-A. A/C which Preddy KIA.' media-388216.jpg FRE 5983 Captain Lloyd J "Jeff" French and airman of the 339th Fighter Group with a P-51 Mustang (D7-A, serial number 44-11623) nicknamed "Rusty".
Image via James Starnes.
Written on slide casing: 'Cpt JL French & 411623 D7-A. A/C which Preddy KIA.'

Capt. Lloyd J "Jeff" French, [West Hartford CT], 503rd Fighter Squadron. P-51K 44-11623 D7-A "Rusty".
L-R Bellman brothers, [Manhattan KS]; crew chief S/Sgt. Robert C Burns, [Minneapolis, MN] & Capt. French.
Source - 339th Fighter Group Association. Roger Freeman Collection

Barbara L. Collopy; daughter of Robert C. Burns

Object Number - FRE 5983 - Captain Lloyd J "Jeff" French and airman of the 339th Fighter Group with a P-51 Mustang (D7-A, serial number 44-11623) nicknamed "Rusty". Image via...

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Fowlmere 5 April 1944 - 10 October 1945

Other

Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire

People

Davis E Hardee

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 503rd Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
339th/503rd Pilot Allan S Harte Original Cadre - CTD 16 Oct 44

Allan S Harte

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 503rd Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Four United States Army Air Force officers standing in front of a Nissen hut. Handwritten on slide: "Paul Fickel, Bernie Allen, Anthony Hawkins, Ethelbert Graham 503FS Fowlmere James G. Robinson"

Anthony G Hawkins

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 503rd Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-706387
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Andrew Husser

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 503rd Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Armorer
Lieutenant Donald W. Johnson, pilot of the 339th Fighter Group, watches on as Captain Charles D. Nethaway demonstrates how the "G-suit" worked. "G-suits" were developed to counter the blackouts that pilots suffered when the G-force on their bodies during tight turns forced the blood from their brain to the lower part of their body. Inflated by the exhaust of the P-51 Mustang's vacuum system, the suits applied pressure to the pilot's legs and abdomen, forcing the blood to continue to circulate around the u

Donald W Johnson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 503rd Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-665203
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Aircraft

43-25050

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 503rd Fighter Squadron

44-11325

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 503rd Fighter Squadron
Captain Lloyd J "Jeff" French and airman of the 339th Fighter Group with a P-51 Mustang (D7-A, serial number 44-11623) nicknamed "Rusty". Image via James Starnes. Written on slide casing: 'Cpt JL French & 411623 D7-A. A/C which Preddy KIA.'

44-11623

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Rusty
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 503rd Fighter Squadron

44-13324

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 503rd Fighter Squadron

44-13325

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Rosie's Beau
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 503rd Fighter Squadron

Revisions

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my photo

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339 Bomb Group page

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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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