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

Station Location Date

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Duxford

People

Roby

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 84th Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer

Anton A Rosengreen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 84th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-830224
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant

David J Rosin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 84th Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ground Crew

Charles W Silsby

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-792883
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
The tail section of a P-51 Mustang aircraft, WZ-Y (serial number 44-63187), piloted by Captain Earl Stier. Whilst on a strafing mission over Luneburg airfield (3rd February 1945), the P-51 was struck by anti-aircraft fire. Stier succeeded in returning his stricken Mustang the 450 miles to Duxford.

Earl L Stier

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 84th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-774347
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

44-63171

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Lady Eve
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron

44-63182

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

44-63188

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
A P-51 Mustang aircraft WZ-S, (serial number 44-63209), named “Sherman Was Right”. The phrase derives from a speech in which General William T. Sherman (commander of a Union Army in the American Civil War) said: “There is many a boy here who looks on war as all glory but, boys, war is all hell.” First Lieutenant Frank E. Oiler, pilot of the aircraft is stood alongside it.

44-63209

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Sherman was Right!
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron

44-63215

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • 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)

84th Fighter Squadron: Gallery (116 items)

Object number: UPL 40673 - Maj. Eugene Paul Roberts, after received his...

Object number: UPL 48710 - Captain Charles P London and Major Eugene P...

Object number: UPL 48734 - P-47D 42-26629 84FS, 78FG.

Object number: UPL 48841 - "Republic P-47 crew chief S/Sgt Robert H. McCord...

Lt. Charles Sheldon Oldfield of the 78th Fighter Group, 84th Fighter Squadron, and two other 78th Fighter Group pilots, receiving briefing (or de-briefing) by another Senior USAAF officer, at Duxford.

Object number: UPL 53755 - Lt. Charles Sheldon Oldfield of the 78th Fighter...

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.

Object number: UPL 53756 - Lt. Charles Sheldon Oldfield of the 78th Fighter...

Lt. Charles Sheldon Oldfield of the 78th Fighter Group, 84th Fighter Squadron, shaking hands with another 78th Fighter Group Pilot, on a P-51 Mustang at Duxford.

Object number: UPL 53757 - Lt. Charles Sheldon Oldfield of the 78th Fighter...

Lt. Charles Sheldon Oldfield of the 78th Fighter Group, 84th Fighter Squadron, in the cockpit of a P-47 Thunderbolt at Duxford.

Object number: UPL 53758 - Lt. Charles Sheldon Oldfield of the 78th Fighter...

Lt. Charles Sheldon Oldfield's P-51 Mustang 44-63555 'Bonnie', with the Crew Chief standing by the wing, at Duxford. December 1944.

Object number: UPL 53759 - Lt. Charles Sheldon Oldfield's P-51 Mustang 44...

Lt. Charles Sheldon Oldfield of the 78th Fighter Group, 84th Fighter Squadron, in the cockpit of P-51 Mustang 44-63555 'Bonnie', with the Crew Chief standing by the wing, at Duxford.

Object number: UPL 53760 - Lt. Charles Sheldon Oldfield of the 78th Fighter...

78th Fighter Group pilots with Nazi trophies, outside the Squadron briefing room at Duxford, May / June 1945.

Object number: UPL 53761 - 78th Fighter Group pilots with Nazi trophies...

Lt. Charles Sheldon Oldfield of the 78th Fighter Group, 84th Fighter Squadron, shaking hands with another 78th Fighter Group Pilot, on a P-51 Mustang at Duxford.

Object number: UPL 53762 - Lt. Charles Sheldon Oldfield of the 78th Fighter...