486th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
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FRE 331
Pilot Lieutenant-Colonel Luther H. Richmond with his aircraft, P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-R, serial number 42-8412), named "Sweetie", at Bodney air base, winter 1943 - 1944. Pin-up artwork by Alberto Vargas. 1943 - 1944. Lieutenant-Colonel Richmond flew with the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group.
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Bodney |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 352nd Fighter Group 310th Ferry Squadron 486th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-732179
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-816845
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot, Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-816848
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-737404
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13144217 / O-824614
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Ellie
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Texas Bluebonnet
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 486th Fighter Squadron 552nd Fighter Training Squadron
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Sources
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)