87th Air Transport Squadron

Squadron

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Warton

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 87th Air Transport Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20742211
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 87th Air Transport Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-885293
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 310th Ferry Squadron 87th Air Transport Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-664143
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 31st Transport Group 87th Air Transport Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-887751
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 87th Air Transport Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-887762
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Ole Puss
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 27th Ferrying Squadron 63rd Fighter Squadron 87th Air Transport Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Lofty
  • Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron 87th Air Transport Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: Anson
  • Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 87th Air Transport Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: Hurricane
  • Unit: Headquarters Squadron (VIII Air Force Service Command) VIII Air Force Service Command 27th Air Transport Group 310th Ferry Squadron 87th Air Transport Squadron

Revisions

Date
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia.

Updates and amendments to associations from:
- www.ddaymuseum.co.uk/documents/US-units-June-44.doc
List supplied courtesy of Mr Phil Grinton from California, February 2004. From the website of the D-Day Museum, Portsmouth (www.ddaymuseum.co.uk).

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / 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)