552nd Fighter Training Squadron

Squadron
media-20706.jpeg UPL 20706 2nd Lt James C Shanklin 552FTS, 495th FTG, 8AF USAAF.

Object Number - UPL 20706 - 2nd Lt James C Shanklin 552FTS, 495th FTG, 8AF USAAF.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

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Atcham

People

Extract from accident report, 495FTG at Station 342 Atcham
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 552nd Fighter Training Squadron 495th Fighter Training Group
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
A P-47 (DQ-K, serial number 41-6538) of the 495th Fighter Training Group suffers a watery crash landing.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 552nd Fighter Training Squadron 82nd Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-2678
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 552nd Fighter Training Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16114566 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 358th Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 366th Fighter Squadron 552nd Fighter Training Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18139495 / O-695189
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 552nd Fighter Training Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35684137 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Bat Out Of Hell
  • Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 56th Fighter Group 552nd Fighter Training Squadron 63rd Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 56th Fighter Group 552nd Fighter Training Squadron 61st Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 78th Fighter Group 552nd Fighter Training Squadron 82nd Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: The Michigan Mauler
  • Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 56th Fighter Group 552nd Fighter Training Squadron 63rd Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 56th Fighter Group 552nd Fighter Training Squadron 63rd Fighter Squadron

Revisions

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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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