353rd Fighter Squadron
Squadron
Added aircraft code.
Peter Randall of Little Friends (http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/):
'44-63747 was the one that carried the pi symbol in lieu of an individual letter. '
Object Number - FRE 427 - Lieutenant Cary Salter, a pilot of the 354th Fighter Group with his P-51 Mustang (FT-π), serial number 44-63747) nicknamed "Charlotte's Chariot II"....
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
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Based |
Lashenden |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Squadron 380th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-730592
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Crew Chief
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13062822 / O-807601
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron 353rd Fighter Squadron Headquarters (354th Fighter Group) No 71 'Eagle' Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-885101
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: The Prodigal Son
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Dee Laura Philly-Dillies
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 357th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Squadron 364th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Arson's Reward
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Squadron
Mission
Revisions
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)