79th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 1439 - Captain Jack M. Ilfrey, one of the COs of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, at Kings Cliffe air base. He stands with other crew members...
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
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Based |
Kings Cliffe |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-062756
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot, Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 554th Fighter Training Squadron 55th Fighter Squadron 79th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-754211
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineering
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Ground Crew
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 67th Fighter Wing 20th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Group 385th Fighter Squadron 79th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (67th Fighter Wing)
- Service Numbers: O-664693
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Balls O Fire
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 77th Fighter Squadron 79th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron
Related videos and documents
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: Unit histories
- Object Number: Document 51197
- Description: 20th Fighter Group Unit History, complete copy. Resembling a college yearbook, unit histories were an unofficial – and often tongue-in-cheek – record...
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / 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)