555th Fighter Training Squadron

Squadron
A crashed P-51 Mustang (C7-Y, serial number 43-6503) of the 555th Fighter Training Squadron, 496th Fighter Training Group. media-401037.jpg FRE 3240 A crashed P-51 Mustang (C7-Y, serial number 43-6503) of the 555th Fighter Training Squadron, 496th Fighter Training Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 3240 - A crashed P-51 Mustang (C7-Y, serial number 43-6503) of the 555th Fighter Training Squadron, 496th Fighter Training Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Goxhill

People

Arthur C Carroll

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 356th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 351st Fighter Squadron 359th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron Headquarters (353rd Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-416268
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Henry G Castle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 67th Fighter Wing 352nd Fighter Group 361st Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 496th Fighter Training Group 376th Fighter Squadron 487th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18110192 / O-705544
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

John S Coon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 362nd Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16117255 / O-810477
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot

John Daniel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 555th Fighter Training Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-384544
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Joseph P Fernandez

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 334th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-885333
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant

Aircraft

42-106934

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 503rd Fighter Squadron 504th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron

43-12151

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 362nd Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron
Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

43-12172

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Swedes Steed
  • Unit: 354th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 353rd Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron
A P-51B Mustang (GQ-A, serial number 43-12173) nicknamed "Peg O' My Heart" of the 355th Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group at Boxted, 15 December 1943. Passed for publication 16 Dec 1943 and 13 Jan 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '354FG. Boxted. 12/43.' Printed caption on reverse: 'The P-51B - World's Fastest Fighter Plane. A new single-engined figher 'plane, the P-51B, is now escorting Flying Fortresses in raids over Germany. A new, improved version of the Mustang which has been used with such s

43-12173

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Peg O My Heart
  • Unit: 354th Fighter Group 356th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 355th Fighter Squadron 359th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron

43-12212

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 555th 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)

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