Headquarters (355th Fighter Group)
Headquarters
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UPL 12882
Lt. Albert B Kaplan, [New London, CT], 354th Fighter Squadron. P-51D 44-72427 WR-M “Daphne”.
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Steeple Morden |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 357th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (355th Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: 35211825 / O-671498
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 1st Service Group 355th Fighter Group Headquarters (355th Fighter Group)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group Headquarters (355th Fighter Group)
- Highest Rank: Major
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 370th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (355th Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: O-719280
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 2nd Scouting Force 354th Fighter Squadron 358th Fighter Squadron 385th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (355th Fighter Group) Scouting Force (Experimental) (SFX)
- Service Numbers: O-796104
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Speed / Lil Jo
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group Headquarters (355th Fighter Group)
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Man O War Daphne
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (355th Fighter Group)
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Man O War
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (355th Fighter Group)
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Sources
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)