554th Fighter Training Squadron
Squadron
Object Number - FRE 3242 - The wreck of a P-38 Lightning (B9-H) of the 554th Fighter Training Squadron, 496th Fighter Training Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B9 is...
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
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Based |
Goxhill |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: VIII Fighter Command 20th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 554th Fighter Training Squadron 79th Fighter Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (VIII Fighter Command)
- Service Numbers: O-401361
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot/Squadron Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 364th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 384th Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18117289 / O-760436
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 383rd Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron 77th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-750561
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 554th Fighter Training Squadron 79th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-754486
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot, Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-805025
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 554th Fighter Training Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 554th Fighter Training Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Mountain Ayers
- Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 554th Fighter Training Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 554th Fighter Training Squadron
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / 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)
