358th Fighter Group
GroupIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
The 358th Fighter Group flew seventeen missions with the Eighth Air Force from Leiston air base. At the beginning of February 1944 the Group were transferred to the Ninth Air Force in exchange for the 357th Fighter Group. With the Ninth, the Group went on to win three Distinguished Unit Citations and the French Croix de Guerre with Palm for the part they played in the liberation of France and their support in pushing the German armed forces back east of the Rhine river and in southern Germany.
Commanding Officers
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Service Numbers: O-022505
- Highest Rank: Major
Connections
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
---|---|---|
Based |
Goxhill | 20 October 1943 - 29 November 1943 |
Based |
Leiston | 29 November 1943 - 31 January 1944 |
Based |
Raydon | 31 January 1944 - 13 April 1944 |
Based |
High Halden | 13 April 1944 - 3 July 1944 |
Based |
Cretteville | 3 July 1944 - 14 August 1944 |
Based |
Pontorson | 14 August 1944 - 14 September 1944 |
Based |
Vitry-le-Francois | 14 September 1944 - 16 October 1944 |
Based |
Mourmelon | 16 October 1944 - 9 November 1944 |
Based |
Toul-Croix De Metz | 9 November 1944 - 2 April 1945 |
Encompassing
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 358th Fighter Group 366th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-124661
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 358th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Group 381st Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 358th Fighter Group 366th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-818405
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 358th Fighter Group 367th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 358th Fighter Group 365th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-529674
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 358th Fighter Group 367th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 358th Fighter Group 365th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 358th Fighter Group 367th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 358th Fighter Group 366th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 358th Fighter Group 367th Fighter Squadron
Mission
- Date: 14 January 1944
- Date: 7 January 1944
- Date: 5 January 1944
- Date: 31 December 1943
- Date: 30 December 1943
Revisions
Stations added with details from:
- "Battle Colors Volume III - Insignia and Tactical Markings of the Ninth Air Force in World War Two' by Robert A. Watkins;
- http://www.ixengineercommand.com/airfields/physical.php
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 / The Mighty Eighth. A History of the Units, Men and Machines of the US 8th Air Force.' by Roger A. Freeman (1989). 'Air Force Combat Units of World War II' compiled by the Department of the US Air Force, edited by Maurice Maurer (1983). / 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)