84th Fighter Squadron

Squadron
Group shot of 84th Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, pilots at Duxford. Summer 1944. media-377517.jpg FRE 273 Group shot of 84th Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, pilots at Duxford. Summer 1944. Was Harry T Lay (Pilot) in this Squadron, he was shot down July 17, 1944 . He was my first cousin. His mother Weta Rabb Lay was my Aunt. Bettye Rabb VanderVeen Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 273 - Group shot of 84th Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, pilots at Duxford. Summer 1944. Was Harry T Lay (Pilot) in this Squadron, he was shot...

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Unit stations

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Duxford

People

Lt. Charles Sheldon Oldfield of the 78th Fighter Group, 84th Fighter Squadron, dressed in flying kit,  in front of a P-51 Mustang at Duxford.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20415845 / O-806893 / 13901A
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 84th Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot, Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 84th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-700211
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot, Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 84th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-793665
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Newspaper clipping with Peterson and other 78th FG pilots
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 84th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-732347
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron

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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)

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