401st Fighter Squadron
Squadron
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Object Number - UPL 14760 - 401st Fighter Squadron (leather patch)
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 370th Fighter Group 401st Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18051794
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 370th Fighter Group 401st Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot / Flight Commander / Assistant Operations Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 370th Fighter Group 401st Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-807304
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 370th Fighter Group 401st Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-763232
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 356th Fighter Group 370th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron 401st Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-796709
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 370th Fighter Group 401st Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Gentle Annie
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 370th Fighter Group 401st Fighter Squadron 79th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 370th Fighter Group 401st Fighter Squadron
![French countryside, photographed through the nose of a P-38 Lightning of the 367th Fighter Group on landing. Image stamped on reverse: 'Not to be published 30 Aug 1944.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 31 May 1945.' [stamp] and '354528 .' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'P-38s over the Seine. No.1 of a series of pix taken through the nose of the P-38 as it comes in to land. Scherschel LIFE.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-456843.jpg.webp?itok=vyT98_c0)
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Colorado Belle
- Unit: Base Air Depot 3 370th Fighter Group 401st Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 370th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron 401st Fighter Squadron
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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)
