552nd Fighter Training Squadron
Squadron
Object Number - UPL 20706 - 2nd Lt James C Shanklin 552FTS, 495th FTG, 8AF USAAF.
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People
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 56th Fighter Group 552nd Fighter Training Squadron 61st Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-387676
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 486th Fighter Squadron 552nd Fighter Training Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 495th Fighter Training Group 552nd Fighter Training Squadron 784th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Strictly Stella's Baby
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 552nd Fighter Training Squadron 79th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Honey Baby
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 487th Fighter Squadron 552nd Fighter Training Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron 495th Fighter Training Group 552nd 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)