514th Fighter Squadron

Squadron

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

Aircraft

Colonel C.B. Kelly, of the 406th Fighter Group, in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Skirty Bert III", at Handorf. Image via John Quincy.

44-20096

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Nicknames: Skirty Bert III
Unit: 406th Fighter Group 514th Fighter Squadron

44-20428

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

44-33290

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

Captain Bloom of the 496th Fighter Training Group sits in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Bloom's Tomb" whilst ground personnel work on the aircraft. Handorf 1945. Image via John Quincy.

44-33353

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Nicknames: Blooms Tomb
Unit: 406th Fighter Group 514th Fighter Squadron

Revisions

Date11 Apr 2015 06:47:04

ContributorEMBLEMHUNTER

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my photo

Date13 Mar 2015 15:59:55

Contributorrossingtonj

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Type added.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:50

ContributorAAM

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Sources

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)