510th Fighter Squadron

Squadron
media-6568.png UPL 6568 Staff Sergeant Stanley J Davis , Ernest Marshall and Raymond Rappold ground crewmen of the 405th Fighter Group with a P-47 Thunderbolt (2Z-L) nicknamed "Peg O' My Heart"

Image c/o Stanley J Davis via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.

Object Number - UPL 6568 - Staff Sergeant Stanley J Davis , Ernest Marshall and Raymond Rappold ground crewmen of the 405th Fighter Group with a P-47 Thunderbolt (2Z-L)...

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Christchurch

People

Dwight Fenton Alverson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 405th Fighter Group 510th Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Arlie James Blood

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Unit: 405th Fighter Group 510th Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Stanley J Davis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 405th Fighter Group 510th Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Crew Chief

John William Drummond

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 405th Fighter Group 510th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20441588 / O-686831
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Ralph C Jenkins

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 405th Fighter Group 510th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-452514
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot, squadron commander

Aircraft

42-28549

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Georgia Peach
  • Unit: 405th Fighter Group 510th Fighter Squadron

42-75155

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 405th Fighter Group 374th Fighter Squadron 510th Fighter Squadron

42-76076

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Touch of Texas
  • Unit: 405th Fighter Group 510th Fighter Squadron

42-76257

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Squirt II
  • Unit: 405th Fighter Group 510th Fighter Squadron

42-76553

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: The Bug
  • Unit: 405th Fighter Group 510th Fighter Squadron

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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)

510th Fighter Squadron: Gallery (7 items)

Object number: UPL 22412 - Lt George F Adams (ex 401st BG).

Object number: UPL 27252 - 2Lt. Clifford Bradford Russell

Object number: UPL 38064 - P-47D-20-RE #42-76553 "The Bug" Code: 2Z-B 405th...

Object number: UPL 41365 - P-47 Thunderbolt 42-27181 coded 2Z-D and named...

Object number: UPL 6568 - Staff Sergeant Stanley J Davis , Ernest Marshall...

Object number: UPL 7043 - Captain Dwight Alverson 405th FG - 510th FS - 9th...

Object number: UPL 7062 - P-47D-15-RE #42-76257 "Squirt II" Code: 2Z-P 405th...