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"A P-51 Mustang (KI-Q, serial number 43-6865, "War Weary") of the 55th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group." Roger Freeman Collection FRE 5437

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Units

Official emblem of the 20th Fighter Group, approved 26 November 1942

20th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Pilots of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, stand around a map at Kings Cliffe air base before mission over northern France, October 1943. L to R: First Lieutenant Merle B. Nichols, Seattle, Wash.; Major Nathaniel H. Blanton, Earlsboro, Oklahoma and First Lieutenant Richard P. Gatterdam, Columbus, Ohio. Censor has drawn lines across the map. Each of these pilots went on to command one of the squadrons of the 20th Fighter Group. Gatterdam commanded the 55th Fighter Squadron, Nichols the 77th a

55th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

43-6865

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: Smoky Joe
Unit: 20th Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Group 479th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 56th Fighter Group 434th Fighter Squadron 486th Fighter Squadron 55th Fighter Squadron

Locations

Mount Farm

Site type: Airfield

Revisions

Date: 10 Jul 2018 17:21:21

ContributorAl_Skiff

ChangesCreated entry with caption, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations

Sources

https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/4424