514th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
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Captain White and Captain Smith of the 406th Fighter Group with a sign for the 514th Fighter Squadron in Germany. Image via John Quincy. (new edit) The pilot on the right in his dress uniform is my father Milton W Sanders. The initial caption was incorrect. It is not captain White. Source: My father pointed this out to me a few years before he passed on when he gave me a copy of the squadron book.
Roger Freeman Collection
Personal knowledge from the person in the photo: Milton W Sanders.
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Ashford |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 406th Fighter Group 514th Fighter Squadron
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 406th Fighter Group 514th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-810479
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 406th Fighter Group 514th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-353421
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 406th Fighter Group 514th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-810511
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 406th Fighter Group 514th Fighter Squadron
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 406th Fighter Group 514th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Luise then Hell's Angel
- Unit: 406th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 514th Fighter Squadron 82nd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Lillian
- Unit: 406th Fighter Group 514th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 406th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron 514th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Sandra Lee
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 406th Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron 514th Fighter Squadron
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
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)