551st Fighter Training Squadron

Squadron
A crashed P-47 Thunderbolt (VM-J, serial number 41-6237) of the 551st Fighter Training Squadron, 495th Fighter Training Group. media-401036.jpg FRE 3239 A crashed P-47 Thunderbolt (VM-J, serial number 41-6237) of the 551st Fighter Training Squadron, 495th Fighter Training Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 3239 - A crashed P-47 Thunderbolt (VM-J, serial number 41-6237) of the 551st Fighter Training Squadron, 495th Fighter Training Group.

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Unit stations

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Aircraft

The nose art of a a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-26637) nicknamed "Kokomo" of the 495th Fighter Training Group, flown by General William E. Kepner. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: 'Kepner's A/C Mount Farm.'
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Kokomo
  • Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 551st Fighter Training Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (86th Air Depot Group)
Engine from P-47 42-74640
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 370th Fighter Squadron 551st Fighter Training Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 352nd Fighter Squadron 551st Fighter Training Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 359th Fighter Squadron 551st Fighter Training Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 495th Fighter Training Group 311th Ferry Squadron 551st Fighter Training Squadron

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Sources

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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