428th Fighter Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 428th Fighter Squadron, 474th Fighter Group. media-396183.jpg FRE 5029 The insignia of the 428th Fighter Squadron, 474th Fighter Group. Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 5029 - The insignia of the 428th Fighter Squadron, 474th Fighter Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Warmwell

People

George Alge
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 428th Fighter Squadron 474th Fighter Group
  • Service Numbers: 15072784 / O-745257
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 474th Fighter Group 428th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-773529
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 474th Fighter Group 428th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-736084
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 474th Fighter Group 428th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-25514
  • Highest Rank: Major General
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot 1056 twin engine
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 474th Fighter Group 428th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-710113
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 474th Fighter Group 428th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 474th Fighter Group 428th Fighter Squadron
A P-38 Lightning of the 474th Fighter Group prepares for take off.
  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 474th Fighter Group 428th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 474th Fighter Group 428th Fighter Squadron 79th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Nicknames: Connie & Butch Inc. Aboob
  • Unit: 364th Fighter Group 474th Fighter Group 383rd Fighter Squadron 428th Fighter Squadron

Revisions

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Sources

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Sources

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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