358th Fighter Squadron

Squadron
Two P-51 Mustangs of the 358th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter group fly in formation over fields. media-377157.jpg FRE 459 Two P-51 Mustangs of the 358th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter group fly in formation over fields. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 459 - Two P-51 Mustangs of the 358th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter group fly in formation over fields.

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Unit stations

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Based

Steeple Morden

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-1699474
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 354th Fighter Group 355th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 2nd Scouting Force 335th Fighter Squadron 358th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-816974
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19103690
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18039014 / O-664496
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Aircraft

A P-51 Mustang (YF-M, serial number 42-103317) nicknamed "Dakota Kid" of the 358th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group.
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Buzz Boy / Miss Heck
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Damn Yank II
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron
Personnel of the 358th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group examine a P-51 Mustang (YF-A_). A B-24 Liberator is in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'YF-A_. Nose band colour? 358th FS, 355th FG. Hethel?'
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Princess
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron

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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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