Headquarters (355th Fighter Group)

Headquarters
media-12882.jpeg UPL 12882 Lt. Albert B Kaplan, [New London, CT], 354th Fighter Squadron. P-51D 44-72427 WR-M “Daphne”.

Object Number - UPL 12882 - Lt. Albert B Kaplan, [New London, CT], 354th Fighter Squadron. P-51D 44-72427 WR-M “Daphne”.

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Major Everett W. Stewart of the 328th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 355th Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron 354th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (355th Fighter Group) Headquarters (4th Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-22859
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot/Group Commander
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group Headquarters (355th Fighter Group) 446th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-700877
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 1st Service Group 355th Fighter Group Headquarters (355th Fighter Group)
Radio mechanic Staff Sergeant Raymond Winterstein and crew chief Staff Sergeant Jeff Cadwell report to the pilot First Lieutenant John Wilkins on the condition of a 355th Fighter Group P-47 Thunderbolt. Image stamped on reverse: 'SHAEF Passed for publication 11 April 1945, photo number 405476' Printed caption on reverse: 'USSTAF FOTO BY SGT. EUGENE KAMMERMAN, # 6. Acting as cover for the observers, 1st Lt John K Wilkins Jr, from 1024 Chelton Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa., destroyed a twin-engined Me-262 jet-prope
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 479th Fighter Group 2nd Scouting Force 436th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (355th Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-822313
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Group 375th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (355th Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-832533
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant

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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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