514th Fighter Squadron

Squadron
Captain White and Captain Smith of the 406th Fighter Group with a sign for the 514th Fighter Squadron in Germany. Image via John Quincy. media-396165.jpg FRE 7439 Captain White and Captain Smith of the 406th Fighter Group with a sign for the 514th Fighter Squadron in Germany. Image via John Quincy. (new edit) The pilot on the right in his dress uniform is my father Milton W Sanders. The initial caption was incorrect. It is not captain White. Source: My father pointed this out to me a few years before he passed on when he gave me a copy of the squadron book. Roger Freeman Collection

Personal knowledge from the person in the photo: Milton W Sanders.

Object Number - FRE 7439 - Captain White and Captain Smith of the 406th Fighter Group with a sign for the 514th Fighter Squadron in Germany. Image via John Quincy. (new edit)...

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Ashford

People

Gene L Arth

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 406th Fighter Group 514th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-432028
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Donald A Ballentine

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Unit: 406th Fighter Group 514th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12205103
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Levitt Clinton Beck

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 406th Fighter Group 514th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19090948 and O-736945
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Marion A Benson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 406th Fighter Group 514th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-806035
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

James L Billington

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 406th Bomb Group 514th Fighter Squadron
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Ground personnel of the 406th Fighter Group conduct engine checks to a P-47 Thunderbolt (O7-B, serial number 42-28401) at Handorf, April 1945. Image via John Quincy. Written on slide casing: 'O7:B, 228401.'

42-28401

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 406th Fighter Group 514th Fighter Squadron

42-29214

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 406th Fighter Group 514th Fighter Squadron

42-74703

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Baby
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 406th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron 514th Fighter Squadron

42-75193

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 406th Fighter Group 514th Fighter Squadron

42-75391

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 406th Fighter Group 514th Fighter Squadron

Revisions

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my photo

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Type added.

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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)

514th Fighter Squadron: Gallery (23 items)

A P-47 Thunderbolt of the 406th Fighter Group flies low over fellow P-47s.

Object number: FRE 7415 - Yellow-nosed P-47 Thunderbolts of the 512th...

A sign posted outside the tent headquarters of the 514th Fighter Squadron, 406th Fighter Group at St Leonard. Image via John Quincy.

Object number: FRE 7424 - A sign posted outside the tent headquarters of the...

Ground personnel of the 406th Fighter Group re-arm a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 44-20428) at Asch in Belgium, 1945. Image via John Quincy.

Object number: FRE 7434 - Ground personnel of the 514th Fighter Squadron...

Captain White and Captain Smith of the 406th Fighter Group with a sign for the 514th Fighter Squadron in Germany. Image via John Quincy.

Object number: FRE 7439 - Captain White and Captain Smith of the 406th...

Object number: UPL 14779 - 514th Fighter Bomber Squadron , 9th AAF (leather...

Object number: UPL 41997 - Ms. Mary. I think one of Dads ( Donald Ballentine)...

Object number: UPL 41999 - Page four from the book -

Object number: UPL 42001 - My Dad in the cockpit - Lt. Don Ballentine - looks...

Object number: UPL 42002 - I have any idea - where or who this is