Headquarters (361st Fighter Group)

Headquarters

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Bottisham

People

Richard M Durbin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 376th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (361st Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-416226
  • Highest Rank: Captain

Roland E Fallows

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group Headquarters (361st Fighter Group)
  • Highest Rank: Colonel

Roswell Freedman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 375th Fighter Squadron 376th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (361st Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-424740
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Milton F Glessner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 374th Fighter Squadron 375th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (361st Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-427716
  • Highest Rank: Major
A P-51 Mustang (B7-H_, serial number 44-13704) nicknamed "Ferocious Frankie" after the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Wallace E. Hopkins, of the 374th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group.

Wallace E Hopkins

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 361st Fighter Group Headquarters (361st Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-420598
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Aircraft

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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)