554th Fighter Training Squadron

Squadron
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 back.' media-401039.jpg 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 back.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

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

Based

Goxhill

People

Chester F Gerrick

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 554th Fighter Training Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Karl J Goethel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-750573
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Lieutenant Orville E. Goodman of the 55th Fighter Group receives pills from Flight Surgeon Captain A.R. Garnett at Nuthampstead air base. Passed for publication 12 November 1943. Printed caption attached to print: 'Lt. O.E. Goodman, of Alhambra, Calif., a Lightning P-38 pilot is given vita pills by Flight Surgeon Capt. A.R. Garnett, of Norfolk, Va.'

Orville Edward Goodman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 496th Fighter Training Group 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-740171
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Vernie B Greenamyre

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-1541910
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Arthur W Heiden

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 554th Fighter Training Squadron 79th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-754658
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant

Aircraft

The burning wreck of a P-38 Lightning (serial number 42-67490) of the 496th Fighter Training Group.

42-67490

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 496th Fighter Training Group 552nd Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron 79th Fighter Squadron

42-67805

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Nicknames: Skylark V
  • Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron
Ground crew fit 75 gallon drop tanks to P-51 Mustang, GQ-I, serial number 43-12451, of the 355th Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, January 1944. The aircraft carries the marking "Peggy" on its right hand side. Printed caption on reverse: 'A. 43180 The American Super-Fighter. The American Mustang fighter the P-51B which has maintained a 6 to 1 superiority over all fighter[s] the Luftwaffe has thrown against them during recent attacks on enemy territory it is equipped with a 1,500 h.p. Packard manufact

43-12451

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Peggy (starboard, Gil Talbot's GQ-I), Live Bait (port side, Gross)
  • Unit: 354th Fighter Group 479th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 355th Fighter Squadron 436th Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron

43-12460

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Bottleneck
  • Unit: 479th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 436th Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron

43-6507

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Judy Jersey Bounce II
  • Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron

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Sources

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)

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