505th Fighter Squadron

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media-5607.jpeg UPL 5607 Lieutenant Jack S Daniell from Birmingham, Al. 339th Fighter Group, 505th Fighter Squadron.

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Object Number - UPL 5607 - Lieutenant Jack S Daniell from Birmingham, Al. 339th Fighter Group, 505th Fighter Squadron.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Fowlmere 5 April 1944 - 10 October 1945

Other

Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire

People

339th/505th Pilot Floyd W Smith 20 Mar 45 - VED 20 Jul 45.

Floyd W Smith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 505th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-797922
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Alfred G Spriggs

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron 505th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (339th Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-722173
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
A pilots of the 339th Fighter Group with a P-51 Mustang nicknamed "Ticket Home".

Carl R Stewart

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 505th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-700345
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Bert Stiles

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 91st Bomb Group 505th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-695105
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Chester Q Thames

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 505th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18062545
  • Highest Rank: Technician Fifth Grade
  • Role/Job: Utilities

Aircraft

44-14656

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 505th Fighter Squadron
Ground personnel of the 339th Fighter Group work on a P-51 Mustang (6N-W, serial number 44-14705) nicknamed "Boomerang" inside a blister hangar. Image via James G Robinson. Written on slide casing: 'Boomerang 6N:W in blister, LT R Thieme a/c.'

44-14705

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Eileen, Boomerang!
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 505th Fighter Squadron

44-14729

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 505th Fighter Squadron

44-14731

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Happy Jr
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 505th Fighter Squadron
Staff- Sergeant Joe C Nicholas, a crew chief of the 339th Fighter Group works on a P-51 Mustang (6N-K, serial number 44-14734) nicknamed "Baby Mine", flown by Lieutenant Stephen C Ananian. Image via Stephen C Ananian, 339th Fighter Group. Written on slide casing: 'S/Sgt Joe C Nicholas c/c 414734 6N-K.'

44-14734

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Sweet n Low Down/ Sweet and Lowdown, Baby Mine
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 505th Fighter Squadron

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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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