360th Fighter Squadron

Squadron
Playford Hall, Suffolk. Image via Herbert Rutland, 356th Fighter Group. Written on slide casing: 'Playford Hall '45, 360th FS, 356th FG.' media-388119.jpg FRE 6079 Playford Hall, Suffolk. Image via Herbert Rutland, 356th Fighter Group. Written on slide casing: 'Playford Hall '45, 360th FS, 356th FG.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 6079 - Playford Hall, Suffolk. Image via Herbert Rutland, 356th Fighter Group. Written on slide casing: 'Playford Hall '45, 360th FS, 356th FG.'

Commanding Officers

John W Vogt of the 56th Fighter Group.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group Headquarters Squadron (356th Fighter Group) 360th Fighter Squadron 63rd Fighter Squadron Headquarters (65th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: 12029380 / O-659342
  • Highest Rank: General
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot / Commander / CIC of U.S. Pacific & European Air Forces

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Martlesham Heath

Encompassing

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-711916
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13054774 / O-796653
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Aircraft

Four P-47 Thunderbolts of the 351st Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group, 1943-1944.
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Kathleen Ann
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 359th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron 368th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 360th 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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