436th Fighter Squadron

Squadron
Major Henry Porter Plunk and a fellow airman of the 479th Fighter Group stand with Plunk's P-51 Mustang (9B-0, serial number 44-72516) nicknamed "Ambrosia". media-377328.jpg FRE 564 Major Henry Porter Plunk and a fellow airman of the 479th Fighter Group stand with Plunk's P-51 Mustang (9B-0, serial number 44-72516) nicknamed "Ambrosia". Roger Freeman Collection

Roger Freeman Photo.

Object Number - FRE 564 - Major Henry Porter Plunk and a fellow airman of the 479th Fighter Group stand with Plunk's P-51 Mustang (9B-0, serial number 44-72516) nicknamed...

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Wattisham

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 479th Fighter Group 492nd Bomb Group 436th Fighter Squadron 788th Bomb Squadron 859th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15125819 / O-701862
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot / Fighter pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 479th Fighter Group 436th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-720810
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 479th Fighter Group 436th Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Maj Claire A.P. Duffie 434th FS, 479th FG 1944
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 479th Fighter Group 434th Fighter Squadron 436th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-024884
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot, squadron leader
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 479th Fighter Group 436th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-757966
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 479th Fighter Group 436th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 479th Fighter Group 436th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 479th Fighter Group 436th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Nicknames: Rabble Rouser
  • Unit: 479th Fighter Group 436th Fighter Squadron
Ground crew fit 75 gallon drop tanks to P-51 Mustang, GQ-I, serial number 43-12451, of the 355th Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, January 1944. The aircraft carries the marking "Peggy" on its right hand side. Printed caption on reverse: 'A. 43180 The American Super-Fighter. The American Mustang fighter the P-51B which has maintained a 6 to 1 superiority over all fighter[s] the Luftwaffe has thrown against them during recent attacks on enemy territory it is equipped with a 1,500 h.p. Packard manufact
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Peggy (starboard, Gil Talbot's GQ-I), Live Bait (port side, Gross)
  • Unit: 354th Fighter Group 479th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 355th Fighter Squadron 436th Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron

Revisions

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

436th Fighter Squadron: Gallery (9 items)