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

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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

Frank S Fong

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 369th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron Headquarters (496th Fighter Training Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-812792
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Kal Gladstone

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 555th Fighter Training Squadron 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron 82nd Fighter Squadron Headquarters (496th Fighter Training Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-817923
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

James C Harrington

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 496th Fighter Training Group 368th Bomb Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-855179
  • Role/Job: Communications Officer

Curtis S Harris

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 356th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 376th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron 79th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-712001
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Kenneth J Herman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 555th Fighter Training Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-766523
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant

Aircraft

43-12214

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Rebel Queen
  • Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron

43-12416

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Brenda
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 357th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 357th Fighter Squadron 362nd Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron
A P-51 Mustang (GQ-B, serial number 43-12424) of the 355th Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group. On reverse: Official Photograph U.S. Army Air Forces, Confidential Until Censored, Not For Publication and Passed By US Army Examiner [Stamps].

43-12424

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 354th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 355th Fighter Squadron 555th 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
A crashed P-51 Mustang (C7-Y, serial number 43-6503) of the 555th Fighter Training Squadron, 496th Fighter Training Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '496.'

43-6503

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Honey Baby
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 487th Fighter Squadron 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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