90th Troop Carrier Squadron

Squadron
media-19131.jpeg UPL 19131 The hulk of C-47 Q7-O of the 438th TCG - 90th TCS
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Object Number - UPL 19131 - The hulk of C-47 Q7-O of the 438th TCG - 90th TCS Somewhere in France.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Greenham Common

People

Alfred C Buckner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 438th Troop Carrier Group 90th Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19071635 / T121824 / O-1996216
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Glider pilot

Harry R Croke

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 438th Troop Carrier Group 90th Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18052183 / T121832 / O-1996232
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot

Friedhelm A Elias

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 438th Troop Carrier Group 90th Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32888492
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Walter K Keefe

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 438th Troop Carrier Group 90th Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35563819
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Crew chief

Myron E Kingry

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 438th Troop Carrier Group 64th Troop Carrier Group 90th Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34021741 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-100781

  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Unit: 438th Troop Carrier Group 90th Troop Carrier Squadron

42-23932

  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Unit: 438th Troop Carrier Group 90th Troop Carrier Squadron
Lieutenant Gilbert Estelle (centre), a pilot of the 438th Troop Carrier Group with his crew and their C-47 Skytrain nicknamed "Sugar Puss" at Greenham Common. Image via Gilbert Estelle. Written on slide casing: '438 TCG.'

42-24190

  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Nicknames: Sugar Puss
  • Unit: 438th Troop Carrier Group 90th Troop Carrier Squadron

42-77460

  • Aircraft Type: CG-4A Haig
  • Unit: 438th Troop Carrier Group 90th Troop Carrier Squadron

42-92716

  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Unit: 435th Troop Carrier Group 438th Troop Carrier Group 90th Troop Carrier 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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