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

Hugh Allen Jones

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 554th Fighter Training Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-001846
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer

James R Korecky

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 364th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 384th Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16061170, O-756619
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

James E Leahy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 554th Fighter Training Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Arthur E Miner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 554th Fighter Training Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

John S Murray

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-743362
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant

Aircraft

43-7053

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 354th 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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